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chekibreki wrote: post #10

How exactly is post encryption implemented? How do viewers decrypt the content (key management)? Where is it decrypted? In the browser? Server-side? In the end for me the question is: How can I trust you to not leak my private posts? Why should I not continue using Signal groups? I realize that I’m probably not your main target group.

Have covered this question in a few replies but in short: anything you share on Circles is encrypted in transit with SSL/TLS and encrypted at rest on the server. We hold the keys, at least for now until we implement a better solution. Posts are decrypted server-side and are encrypted in transit with SSL/TLS.

You can trust us because we say we are going to respect your privacy and we need to build trust and do what we say we will in order to build a great brand. I understand this often isn't enough and trust has been abused by other companies, and for that we'll keep pushing on the privacy front of the product.

Re: Show HN: What do you think of my new social app?

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Post by newswasboring »

jstrafy wrote: post #125
newswasboring wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great question. I feel like we have two kinds of social networks right now parasocial (tiktok/instagram/etc.) and social (facebook/reddit/etc.). And there is a huge lack of good second ones. A spectacular social network for me would focus on social relationships and do something to facilitate making new ones online.

I would agree with your categories there. Circles is clearly in the second category & although it's early days our aim with the product is to build a great utility for your social life, rather than yet another media saturated app. For the desires you've stated above, is there any product that comes close?

Nothing comes close. I feel like there is a lot of emphasis on content discovery but none on people discovery. The biggest problem I have right now is its hard to find like minded people. Maybe subreddits come close but they are not as social as I want them to be. Like I don't really know these people. Our bond seldom goes beyond our shared interest in the subreddit topic. But in real life people meet over a shared topic but it expands into a more fulfilling relationship.

After writing all this out I feel like what I want is ok cupid but for finding friends. The problem with that seems to be every time someone tries to do that they have one leg in the dating world (and I understand why, its lucrative). For once can someone actually put people discovery at the center of their product?

Re: Show HN: What do you think of my new social app?

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newswasboring wrote: post #142
jstrafy wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would agree with your categories there. Circles is clearly in the second category & although it's early days our aim with the product is to build a great utility for your social life, rather than yet another media saturated app. For the desires you've stated above, is there any product that comes close?

Nothing comes close. I feel like there is a lot of emphasis on content discovery but none on people discovery. The biggest problem I have right now is its hard to find like minded people. Maybe subreddits come close but they are not as social as I want them to be. Like I don't really know these people. Our bond seldom goes beyond our shared interest in the subreddit topic. But in real life people meet over a shared t…

That's really interesting - do you use anything like Meetup.com or are you on any discord/slack servers?

There is a cool app that I've been using called Lunchclub (https://lunchclub.com/), it links you with another person one time a week. Might be worth trying if you haven't already. Otherwise I'd really been keen to chat on how we could solve that problem!

Completely true about the people discovery apps (probably why most of them end up as dating or a hybrid dating/networking), so in my experience it seems that the only thing that overcomes this is strong interest based products focused on groups.

Re: Show HN: What do you think of my new social app?

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Post by newswasboring »

jstrafy wrote: post #143
newswasboring wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nothing comes close. I feel like there is a lot of emphasis on content discovery but none on people discovery. The biggest problem I have right now is its hard to find like minded people. Maybe subreddits come close but they are not as social as I want them to be. Like I don't really know these people. Our bond seldom goes beyond our shared interest in the subreddit topic. But in real life people meet over a shared t…

That's really interesting - do you use anything like Meetup.com or are you on any discord/slack servers? There is a cool app that I've been using called Lunchclub ( https://lunchclub.com/ ), it links you with another person one time a week. Might be worth trying if you haven't already. Otherwise I'd really been keen to chat on how we could solve that problem! Completely true about the people discovery apps (probably…

I do use meetup and weeples but they are ... not online native. I would love to chat more about this if you can provide a channel.
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