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Re: Show HN: HubChilla - Asynchronously Chat With Similar People Using SMS

#11

During the signup, I wouldn't animate the progress bar. I waited for half a minute expecting something to happen until I realized you were waiting for me to fill out a form. Other than that, let's see what happens!

There seems to be conflicting copy on the site. Some places say the number is (408) 555-3938 other say 422 333 4737. And some places say the start command is #start and others say it's #play

Re: Show HN: HubChilla - Asynchronously Chat With Similar People Using SMS

#12

During the signup, I wouldn't animate the progress bar. I waited for half a minute expecting something to happen until I realized you were waiting for me to fill out a form. Other than that, let's see what happens!

And hitting return anywhere in the signup page just reloads the page and looses the form for me in Chrome Canary.

Thanks for the feedback! We'll fix that right away.

Re: Show HN: HubChilla - Asynchronously Chat With Similar People Using SMS

#13

Facebook login only? This is a disturbing trend I'm noticing with a number of new websites/services. I don't think I'm alone in saying I don't like allowing apps access to all of my Facebook data and timeline. I won't use anything that only takes a Facebook login. Any plans for a stand alone login or is the Facebook data necessary for matching you up with people to chat with?

1) They only get access to the information you authorize them.

2) If this isn't enough control, there are chrome & firefox extensions to give you more granular control over the authorizations you allow, though disallowing certain things can cause issues sometimes.

Re: Show HN: HubChilla - Asynchronously Chat With Similar People Using SMS

#15

Facebook login only? This is a disturbing trend I'm noticing with a number of new websites/services. I don't think I'm alone in saying I don't like allowing apps access to all of my Facebook data and timeline. I won't use anything that only takes a Facebook login. Any plans for a stand alone login or is the Facebook data necessary for matching you up with people to chat with?

Thanks for your feedback! We use facebook login because its the easiest way for us to get the basic data to provide intelligent recommendations.

We have plans to roll out a separate stand-alone login soon, where you can fill out a profile with whatever information you choose to include

Re: Show HN: HubChilla - Asynchronously Chat With Similar People Using SMS

#18

During the signup, I wouldn't animate the progress bar. I waited for half a minute expecting something to happen until I realized you were waiting for me to fill out a form. Other than that, let's see what happens!

And hitting return anywhere in the signup page just reloads the page and looses the form for me in Chrome Canary.

Fixed! Thanks for catching that.

Re: Show HN: HubChilla - Asynchronously Chat With Similar People Using SMS

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post #15

Facebook login only? This is a disturbing trend I'm noticing with a number of new websites/services. I don't think I'm alone in saying I don't like allowing apps access to all of my Facebook data and timeline. I won't use anything that only takes a Facebook login. Any plans for a stand alone login or is the Facebook data necessary for matching you up with people to chat with?

Thanks for your feedback! We use facebook login because its the easiest way for us to get the basic data to provide intelligent recommendations. We have plans to roll out a separate stand-alone login soon, where you can fill out a profile with whatever information you choose to include

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Re: Show HN: HubChilla - Asynchronously Chat With Similar People Using SMS

#20

During the signup, I wouldn't animate the progress bar. I waited for half a minute expecting something to happen until I realized you were waiting for me to fill out a form. Other than that, let's see what happens!

There seems to be conflicting copy on the site. Some places say the number is (408) 555-3938 other say 422 333 4737. And some places say the start command is #start and others say it's #play

Sorry about that, the correct number is 422-333-4737 and #play is the correct command, not #start. Fixed, and pushed live!
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