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Show HN: Popcorn Messaging – Anonymously chat with people within 1 mile

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Post by drum » Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 6:17 PM UTC

Show HN: Popcorn Messaging – Anonymously chat with people within 1 mile
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Post by AbhishekBiswal » Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 6:38 PM UTC

Creates a chat room with all the people around in it or it just randomly connects you to a single person?

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Post by AbhishekBiswal » Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 6:38 PM UTC

Creates a chat room with all the people around in it or it just randomly connects you to a single person?

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Post by AbhishekBiswal » Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 6:38 PM UTC

Creates a chat room with all the people around in it or it just randomly connects you to a single person?

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Post by AbhishekBiswal » Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 6:38 PM UTC

Creates a chat room with all the people around in it or it just randomly connects you to a single person?

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Post by AbhishekBiswal » Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 6:38 PM UTC

Creates a chat room with all the people around in it or it just randomly connects you to a single person?

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Post by tsheng » Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 6:39 PM UTC

My location isn't unlocked yet, but this has the ingredients for brilliance. Marries the desire for privacy with the desire to feel connected to a local community... without being Whisper.

A great example of digital technology facilitating in person communication.

Look forward to playing around with it.

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Post by tsheng » Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 6:39 PM UTC

AbhishekBiswal wrote: post #2

Creates a chat room with all the people around in it or it just randomly connects you to a single person?

Yeah that was the question I initially had - I'm assuming it's a chat room, which I like a lot better.

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Post by oofabz » Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 6:46 PM UTC

It would be cool if the "radius" automatically scaled to ensure there are not too many or too few people in the chat. This could be accomplished with a Voronoi diagram.

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#10

Post by jmarbach » Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 6:51 PM UTC

Really like this idea. There's been a deficit of anonymous messaging services in the college market since JuicyCampus went down.