Still not really sure what it is. I tried the help page, but it foisted a login upon me before I could go any further. The about link is hidden from eye, and still doesn't really explain things.
Show HN: HubChilla - Asynchronously Chat With Similar People Using SMS
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#52How long did it take to build this? Fun idea!
Friday 7/27/12 morning - thought of the idea, briefly talked about the features and did a basic spec
Friday 7/27/12 evening - started coding the backend text message routing logic and the website front (standard stuff - Node.js, custom MVC framework, Twilio API, MongoDB, Redis, Heroku, etc. - the works)
Tuesday 76/31/12 late night - Feature complete, things are all good to go and working (including edge cases, etc.)
Wednesday 8/1/12 - Built out Open Graph integrations, made minor tweaks, chose the name and bought the domain, some branding stuff (i.e. the chinchilla logo), submitted Open Graph actions to Facebook
Thursday 8/2/12 afternoon - Open Graph is all approved, did a test launch with a small set of users, ironed out a ton of bugs
Thursday 8/2/12 evening - posted on HN, making a huge list of things to do next, getting good feedback, and setting up all our other distribution techniques to be fired off tomorrow
6 days from idea to launch! We tried hard to go as fast as possible on this one (although we overbuilt a couple features that we've retracted for the launch - could've saved us a day of work if we had realized they weren't necessary).
[edited to correct the months on the dates]
Re: Show HN: HubChilla - Asynchronously Chat With Similar People Using SMS
#53Could you be more clear about what exactly you will tell these "people I want to meet" about me? Also, please clarify some parts of your privacy policy We may collect the following information when your register on or fill out a form on our site, HubChilla: 3. Other information relevant to our surveys or offers Such as?
We tell all people three Pieces of Information: 1. Your Gender 2. Your Age 3. Your location (City, State) Thats all! Everything else is private.
My partner was told I live in NY, strangely. Also, consider changing the message posted to Facebook. This sounds... strange: "Jesse made a new 23 year old male friend on Hubchilla."
(or whatever it is you post, something to that effect)
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#56I'm getting spammed. #pause doesn't work...
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#57Since it doesn't rely on an internet connection, I would love to use this as an alternative to Omegle (I have crappy 2G) but it should definitely be anonymous. There's not a chance that I'm going to sign up for this with Facebook.
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#58This is awesome! It's like Omegle, except where you only talk to Hacker News readers. Hacker News readers are much more interesting to talk to anyway :-)
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#59Since it doesn't rely on an internet connection, I would love to use this as an alternative to Omegle (I have crappy 2G) but it should definitely be anonymous. There's not a chance that I'm going to sign up for this with Facebook.
Your name is never disclosed - all the other person sees is your age, gender, and city.
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#60Facebook 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.
What about if you don't have a Facebook account?