Seems like there’s a bunch of spam because I see the same exact message from multiple locations but maybe I’m missing something.
Show HN: My husband quit his job to build a new social audio app with Flutter
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Re: Show HN: My husband quit his job to build a new social audio app with Flutter
#22Hi, husband here :) To share with you a bit of the journey: - from Sept to Dec 2022: built an MVP of a slightly different app using Javascript + Phaser3 as I learned how to do full-stack development. Wondered how to launch this before we latched onto the idea of creating something simpler to reach a wider audience - Jan to Feb 2023: built a simple website for people to check in their location and how they feel by fil…
What's you plan for the app long term? I mean do you plan to found the platform out your own pocket forever?
Re: Show HN: My husband quit his job to build a new social audio app with Flutter
#23The app loaded nearly instantly for me on mobile brave browser.
Seemingly flutter has gotten a lot better for flutter web. It's nice to see more adoptation of flutter
Re: Show HN: My husband quit his job to build a new social audio app with Flutter
#24What is it? I opened it up but it kinda throws you right in. Lots of recordings about being lonely. Is that what it's for, or was that some kind of prompt? Is it a mental health platform? Or is it meant to be more general, like a Twitter/Reddit but audio only?
It is the web-demo of the app that we have.
On our iOS and Android app, we have onboarding pages that guide you what our mission is, and how to use the app.
Sorry if the web-demo interface felt abrupt!
The goal is to facilitate people forming authentic connections using their voice in today's day and age where we are flooded with vanity-focused photos and videos and easy-to-misinterpret texts.
So far, the response from the actual users have been really great. I suggest you give it a try to connect with someone online1
Re: Show HN: My husband quit his job to build a new social audio app with Flutter
#25Hi, husband here :) To share with you a bit of the journey: - from Sept to Dec 2022: built an MVP of a slightly different app using Javascript + Phaser3 as I learned how to do full-stack development. Wondered how to launch this before we latched onto the idea of creating something simpler to reach a wider audience - Jan to Feb 2023: built a simple website for people to check in their location and how they feel by fil…
I've recently caught onto the flutter bug and started creating an app my self. Really liking it. The DX is amazing.
You might need to add a splash screen by using flutter_native_splash though, 2s of blank screen is a bit misleading as if its not working.
Re: Show HN: My husband quit his job to build a new social audio app with Flutter
#26What is it? I opened it up but it kinda throws you right in. Lots of recordings about being lonely. Is that what it's for, or was that some kind of prompt? Is it a mental health platform? Or is it meant to be more general, like a Twitter/Reddit but audio only?
They do write: "We are on a mission to end loneliness" I don't know, it's a noble goal, but I don't really see it being something to build an income on. Not everything has to have a commercial angle, but you need to pay for hosting and you need to pay yourself a salary. If the last few months have thought us anything is that you need to have a plan for monetization (whatever that means to you).
Thank you very much.
Voice connections without the element of vanity (photos, videos) can allow for authentic connections between strangers that texts cannot convey. It is what we believe in and first-hand experienced on our app.
We first want to achieve the network effect so that the platform has value to users, then we do have some premium features in mind that we can serve to enrich the experience of power users.
Thank you for your thoughtful remark!
Re: Show HN: My husband quit his job to build a new social audio app with Flutter
#27Just a bit of my thoughts on seeing how this is being promoted, and the fine line/gray area between spam and an authentic "Show HN":
1. First, want to say kudos for building this app and putting it out there. It takes works and guts to do that.
2. "Overly promotional" submissions come off as spammy to me. Some of this is likely cultural, but things like "It definitely restored my faith in humanity" and "We are on a mission to end loneliness that is gripping our world today" are not likely to be that well received on a site like HN for an app that basically lets strangers leave voice clips. To be quite frank, I went and visited your site, and if it "restored your faith in humanity", perhaps your faith wasn't much in question to begin with.
3. Refrain from friends/colleagues leaving inauthentic comments. I don't know who "de4n_whit3" is, but the tone of his comment and his post history leads me to disregard it as BS.
Don't mean to be overly critical, but another commenter mentioned, "Agreed, the site would benefit from clearly answering, "what is this and why should I care?"", and you should try to better answer that.
Re: Show HN: My husband quit his job to build a new social audio app with Flutter
#28The app loaded nearly instantly for me on mobile brave browser. Seemingly flutter has gotten a lot better for flutter web. It's nice to see more adoptation of flutter
That is great to hear!
Sometimes it is hit-or-miss. I think it might have to do something with the AWS backend that sometimes fail to connect instantly. We plan to improve on this for next iterations.
Re: Show HN: My husband quit his job to build a new social audio app with Flutter
#29Hi, husband here :) To share with you a bit of the journey: - from Sept to Dec 2022: built an MVP of a slightly different app using Javascript + Phaser3 as I learned how to do full-stack development. Wondered how to launch this before we latched onto the idea of creating something simpler to reach a wider audience - Jan to Feb 2023: built a simple website for people to check in their location and how they feel by fil…
Did you name the app after the bublik, the bagel’s European predecessor, enjoyed from Kraków to Kyiv to Krasnogorsk and beyond?
Re: Show HN: My husband quit his job to build a new social audio app with Flutter
#30Okay but I don't want to talk about loneliness to feel less lonely. Thus, the front page is really off-putting and somewhat depressing. Doesn't really make me want to use the app much.
Thank you for your comment.
The crux of the platform is that you can connect with other people going through similar things as you from half-way across the world using the power of your voice.
I think we can improve on the messaging on our landing page, but from what we have seen so far on our app, people have been able to connect with complete strangers in authentic manner thanks to using your voice.