Show HN: I built the antithesis of Zoom. Add GIFs, stickers, BGs. Talk like IRL

Nice work. It looks like a fun new take of The Palace Chat!

Seems like this could work super well for personal use, especially if there was a mobile/tablet app with pinch-to-zoom.

Could throw a party on this with my friends.

I feel like I'm out of touch with current western culture, I honestly feel like I'm becoming an old fart at the age of 30.

Everything is becoming increasingly infantile. Everything has to be fun and cool. I'm wondering where is this trend coming from. Is this some sort of a social response to how terrible and bleak reality seems to be? Or maybe it's because we actually treat majority of people like little children. If one looks how the current enterprises work, the person within them have very limited decision making power and access to information. In a way that reminds me of a quote from interview with Erich Fromm[1]: "It is true that one has to think first and then to act -but it's also true that if one has no possibility of acting, one's thinking kind of becomes empty and stupid.".

Any other ideas? Or maybe it's actually not happening at all, and it's only me who's not getting it.

[1]: https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll...

PS: OP, I don't mean that as criticism of your product, I think it correctly identifies and addresses the need. It's the why is it even a need part I'm curious about.

That was cool, except I could never hear anybody talking. :(

I could hear the videos, though.

I feel that sentiment myself. The need for better online communication is a forced reality during COVID. Having to navigate such explicit communication setups like Zoom groups and break-out rooms is a challenge.

But I don't know why the marketing needs to be so "fun". I hated all the "fun" slack brought to my life... and slowed down good communication dramatically.