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Re: Show HN: Coffeehouse, one-on-one voicechat with random HN users

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Why?

I've not tried it because the site is down, but a requirement for paired users to have something in common - like being a hn reader - works really well for these things! Omegle's main chat is really spammy, but if you add "gardening" or whatever as a requested common topic, you're likely to get an actual conversation.

Try it again, it should work now.

Re: Show HN: Coffeehouse, one-on-one voicechat with random HN users

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I liked the idea, wanted to give it a go. At first try the website did not load, a few refreshes later I can now see the home screen but nothing happens when I click anywhere on the page.

For anyone else troubleshooting I learned Firefox on iOS isn’t allowed to use the Web Audio API, so things seem broken when trying to connect to a recording device. You’ll have to use Safari.

Re: Show HN: Coffeehouse, one-on-one voicechat with random HN users

#18

Really cool! Are headphones a must for now...?

No. It just says that because if you do you use headphones, it would awkward if you take them off and then you don't hear it when you're matched someone wants to talk to you.

Re: Show HN: Coffeehouse, one-on-one voicechat with random HN users

#19

Really cool! Are headphones a must for now...?

No. It just says that because if you do you use headphones, it would awkward if you take them off and then you don't hear it when you're matched someone wants to talk to you.

Okay, thanks.

Re: Show HN: Coffeehouse, one-on-one voicechat with random HN users

#20

Cool idea. I spent a few minutes waiting for a match but no luck, so I’ll try again later. If this link was shared to say, Reddit or 4chan, would it be fair to say we wouldn’t pair with random HN users?

Of course I have no way to know who really is an HN user. But why would anyone who isn't use an app that's marketed as voicechat with random HN users?

In the long term, I want to make it possible for everyone to have their own coffeehouse ... voicechat with random people from your favorite subreddit, readers of your favorite blog, etc..

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