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Show HN: Popcorn Messaging – Anonymously chat with people within 1 mile
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You don't build or defend with a site like Chatroulette, and that are very popular.
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#13Screenshot has a typo "...with people within in a 1-mile..."
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#14an android alternative - anyone?
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#15waiting for my location to be unlocked, i.e. midtown Manhattan
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#16I'm kinda sad I didn't capitalize on this idea when I had it awhile back. I may still. I really like radius-based anonymous messaging.
Good to see the idea getting some attention anyway!
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#17The app is pretty bare bones, but it has promise.
Localization request: for anywhere but en_US, replace "1 mile" with "1.6 km" =)
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#18Creates a chat room with all the people around in it or it just randomly connects you to a single person?
Assuming it's a one mile radius for everyone, making it a chat room the app would either need to intersect or union everyone's area... This would make the novelty of the app unusable or pointless, respectively.
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#19The app is pretty bare bones, but it has promise. Localization request: for anywhere but en_US, replace "1 mile" with "1.6 km" =)
We still use miles in the UK too.
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#20http://near.im/ is a mobile web implementation (in Meteor) of the same concept that I work on occasionally, although the frontend needs to be redone. No longer requires a Facebook login.