Are they going to try and own the word "Hello" or can I launch an app called Hello too? Seems like an extremely generic name.
Introducing Hello
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Re: Introducing Hello
#62No reaction yet from the _other_ Hello app? https://hellotext.com/
Guess that's the downside of using a product name that isn't trademark-able...
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#63What I think is fascinating about this is how front-and-center the whole "block unwanted calls" feature is. They mention it several times on this one page, when they could mention a bunch of other features instead. It goes to show how concerned people are with potentially allowing frictionless contact from mere acquaintances.
iOS already has the block caller feature. Confused why Facebook is making such a big deal about it.
I think being able to see how many others have blocked the number would help to weed out telemarketing calls, saving me the 3 seconds it takes to answer, hear the pre-recorded message and hang up.
Re: Introducing Hello
#64yet another product from an awful company to stay far, far away from if you value privacy in any way shape or form.
fuck facebook, i cant wait until it dies.
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#65No reaction yet from the _other_ Hello app? https://hellotext.com/
Or Firefox Hello: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/hello/ And Microsoft Hello: http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/03/17/making-w...
Or hello.com, a Google spin-out from the guy who created Orkut:
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#66Oh yeah, that's what I really want: for FB to know everything about who I call and who calls me!
Mass market users don't seem to prioritize these kind of values when making software decisions.
that's a problem. Especially because they claim to care passionately about it.
I think more realistically computers are Still mysterious magic boxes to them to some extent
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#67I think the biggest challenge to this is Facebook itself (and other messaging/social apps). How many millennials make phone calls frequently to more than 5-10 close people any more? Everyone just uses messaging or social apps to stay in touch. I don't need this to give me social context to my wife or my parents etc. calling me. The value of this is really to people that are not that close, where Facebook can surface…
Two thoughts:
a. Regarding millennials: If they can younger users to use their dialer in 2015, they might stay with them for life.
b. The average age for facebook is 40.5 [1]. I'm a Gen Xer myself, and I'm 50/50 with calls vs. messaging. I order pizza, call my mechanic, etc. all via the phone.
[1] http://smallbusiness.chron.com/breakdown-facebook-users-age-...
Re: Introducing Hello
#68Strange that this is coming to Android first, given that most Android devices have this feature built in, making this app nearly useless. http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/11/04/google-does-caller-i...
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#69Yet another app named Hello
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#70Add a feature to distinguish what type of people my incoming calls are (humans, salesmen, or sub-human recruiters) and I'll think about it.