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Re: Show HN: Sobrr

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Post by limsup » Sun, Jul 13, 2014, 4:18 PM UTC

The images of a cheering crowd with hands in the air has become annoyingly cliche for social apps. Nearly as cliche as About pages with circular images of the employees.

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Post by bendyorke » Sun, Jul 13, 2014, 4:30 PM UTC

tyang100 wrote: post #7

trentmb wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, I was expecting some sort of addiction support app or something.

Only the name without the description will be surely misleading. But i heard people like it after realizing the ironic part: everything sobers up after 24hours

I'm not quite sure your using the word ironic correctly (unless there's something I'm missing).

Although, I did like the name more after the description. :)

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Post by math0ne » Sun, Jul 13, 2014, 4:42 PM UTC

Immediately thought this was a hook up app for recovering addicts...

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Post by nicolethenerd » Sun, Jul 13, 2014, 4:50 PM UTC

tyang100 wrote: post #6

trentmb wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, I was expecting some sort of addiction support app or something.

Yeah. That's the ironic part. Everything 'sobers up' in 24 hours.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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Post by beat » Sun, Jul 13, 2014, 4:51 PM UTC

fiatjaf wrote: post #18

Another photo sharing app? Really?

It's symptomatic of the industry. "Startups" are created by kids barely out of (or still in) college, with little real-world business experience, so they create what they understand - like photo sharing for drunken hookups. And investors are there to play on them, like lottery tickets for multimillionaires, just in case it's the next Snapchat or something. Hmm, has Snapchat found a revenue model yet?

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Post by dwaltrip » Sun, Jul 13, 2014, 4:56 PM UTC

mponizil wrote: post #17

tyang100 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Many thanks for pointing out the name part. The android version should be soon released, targeted this September.

Call it Vibes.

Drop the s, just Vibe. It's cleaner

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Post by colinbartlett » Sun, Jul 13, 2014, 5:05 PM UTC

Cool, another social network I can ignore.

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Post by cbsmith » Sun, Jul 13, 2014, 5:09 PM UTC

kmfrk wrote: post #14

Write the whole pitch/description in text, because otherwise you'll lose the people who can't or won't be able to watch the video: people at work, libraries, auditoriums, etc.

Yup. Totally lost me. You at least have to convince me about why I should watch the video.

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Post by bushido » Sun, Jul 13, 2014, 5:09 PM UTC

TRUPPP wrote: post #10

I think this is a great app and an interesting idea, but one of the few projects where I could see the name being a problem for traction and success. A more generic name, which doesnt associate neccessarily with parties and drinking, would enable more people to take this app serious. And well, like for all social apps, I really hope that more plattforms are very close on your roadmap =) Why wasnt a web-based approach…

> A more generic name, which doesnt associate neccessarily with parties and drinking, would enable more people to take this app serious.

+1

Before I clicked the link and watched the video, my first thought was that it was something related to AA or sobriety in general. I can see how this may be a problem for traction and for people telling their friends about it. Until someone explains how it works a large number of people may think the name relates to addiction.

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Post by egypturnash » Sun, Jul 13, 2014, 5:10 PM UTC

I kept waiting to find out what on earth being called "Sober" has to do with a Snapchat clone. Are your single serving friends supposed to help you in your quest to not drink any more?

And why does half of the displayed UI seem to refer to it as "Vibe"?