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Re: Show HN: Everchat 1.0 – Build your community in the fastest way ever

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Post by erikfiala »

Hello hackers! Everchat is finally here!

During the past year, we were working hard on making Everchat happen. Today, we're proud to present you with the first public version of it!

We're looking forward to seeing what channels you'll create, what topics you'll talk about, and what we can improve and build to make Everchat better for you.

Features in this launch:

  - Account creation
  - Your and others' profiles
  - Create a public channel
  - Create a thread
  - Reply
  - Upvote and downvote
  - @mention, #hashtag, !channel
  - Earn karma
  - Channel members overview
  - Share (copy link)
  - Search (channels and people)
  - Email notifications
If you have any feature requests, just reach out to us via the https://everch.at/feature-requests channel.

If you want to leave any other feedback, let us know here in the comment section below, contact us via email or Twitter, or the best way is to tell us in the https://everch.at/feedback channel.

Re: Show HN: Everchat 1.0 – Build your community in the fastest way ever

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Post by 3np »

erikfiala wrote: post #2

Hello hackers! Everchat is finally here! During the past year, we were working hard on making Everchat happen. Today, we're proud to present you with the first public version of it! We're looking forward to seeing what channels you'll create, what topics you'll talk about, and what we can improve and build to make Everchat better for you. Features in this launch: - Account creation - Your and others' profiles - Creat…

The three main pitch headlines under "About":

> Basic human right: We at Everchat believe that Internet freedom is one of our and our users’ fundamental human rights.

> Data anonymity: We promise never to give any of your private or personally identifiable information to 3rd parties.

> No censorship: Everchat is censorless, but we reserve rights to take down any subject to criminal activity.

Given the values you communicate, what (apart from pinky promises) do you do differently to assure users that these are fulfilled? How do you avoid making yourselves a SPoF?

Is the protocol open? Can I self-host? Will sources be made available and if so under what license?

Re: Show HN: Everchat 1.0 – Build your community in the fastest way ever

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Post by underlines »

erikfiala wrote: post #2

Hello hackers! Everchat is finally here! During the past year, we were working hard on making Everchat happen. Today, we're proud to present you with the first public version of it! We're looking forward to seeing what channels you'll create, what topics you'll talk about, and what we can improve and build to make Everchat better for you. Features in this launch: - Account creation - Your and others' profiles - Creat…

Hi Erik,

The app looks clean and useful. It's a no-bullshit approach to a digital free speech space. Could be useful for example in my country of choice: I live in Thailand and we have a democracy movement that faces real threats form the monarchy and government.

I read your legal docs. They are pretty clear from what I understand. What's not so clear to me are 3 things:

1. How does everchat protect me? I am in Thailand and breaking local laws like talking about the Monarchy can land me in Jail or void my Visa and Work permit.

2. I thought an Impressum is mandatory in GDPR, it looks a bit shady to me, having an app and not seeing an Impressum with a real address and company name.

3. What's everchat's buisness model, and how are you gonna make money? (If part of this includes using my personal data, I am fine with it, as long as I exactly understand how you gonna use it.)

Re: Show HN: Everchat 1.0 – Build your community in the fastest way ever

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Post by pgt »

erikfiala wrote: post #2

Hello hackers! Everchat is finally here! During the past year, we were working hard on making Everchat happen. Today, we're proud to present you with the first public version of it! We're looking forward to seeing what channels you'll create, what topics you'll talk about, and what we can improve and build to make Everchat better for you. Features in this launch: - Account creation - Your and others' profiles - Creat…

From the About page (https://everch.at/about):

> "We promise never to give any of your private or personally identifiable information to 3rd parties."

>"Everchat is censorless, but we reserve rights to take down any subject to criminal activity."

How will you reconcile privacy with the "Basic human right of Internet freedom" and takedown requests from authoritarian governments against dissidents who break local speech laws?

How will you handle NSFW posts?

According to the Terms & Conditions (https://everch.at/legal), Everchat JSA is governed by the laws of Slovakia, but I am not familiar with Slovakian free speech laws and liability for platforms.

Re: Show HN: Everchat 1.0 – Build your community in the fastest way ever

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Post by nextaccountic »

erikfiala wrote: post #2

Hello hackers! Everchat is finally here! During the past year, we were working hard on making Everchat happen. Today, we're proud to present you with the first public version of it! We're looking forward to seeing what channels you'll create, what topics you'll talk about, and what we can improve and build to make Everchat better for you. Features in this launch: - Account creation - Your and others' profiles - Creat…

Is this something like a reddit clone?

Re: Show HN: Everchat 1.0 – Build your community in the fastest way ever

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Post by geoah »

pcmill wrote: post #6

Your landing page does not really tell me anything about this product. Why should I join? What can you do on Everchat?

Amazing work :D Do keep it up!

Couple of notes:

    - Loving the UI.
    - Home should say what is everchat, features, differentiating factors.
    - Peek into "popular channels" without login.
    - Sign up email comes from a random firebase domain, not the same as the welcome.
    - Haven't managed to post a comment, getting 500 on a `s?l=dataLayer` resource (chrome macOS).
    - Ability to enable notifications (email and/or html5) on specific channels.
    - A monthly or so email about new features, stats, or changes would be nice. I don't think I'd use it right now but if it managed to get traction I'd be up for it.
    - Maybe: Invite only rooms? Discord style.
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