by MarsIronPI
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- Let me start by saying that I really like this idea.
Obviously social apps like this are faced with a chicken-and-egg dilemma of how to acquire users. I'm no marketer, so I don't have any suggestions on how to solve this one.
For myself, I avoid non-free/open-source programs in general, but especially chat apps. I think that especially the programs we rely on to communicate should at least be transparent on the client-side. That being said, I would absolutely try this out if the app were released as FOSS (which it doesn't look like it is?).
by BanAntiVaxxers
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- There's so many ways to fake your location data. There's one way that you can't really fake: Send them a secret code on a piece of paper in the US mail to their physical address. NextDoor used to do this at one point.
by anotherpaul
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- I don't quite understand:
Instead of using the phones GPS to let me simply chat with people around me, which would be great during traveling or commute, I need to choose the place I chat at?
This seems super counter productive in my opinion. It creates way more friction that I want.
Maybe I want to save a location I have been to as a chatroom, sure but my primary interest would be to have my location determine the chat. So if I enter a university building: boom university chat.
I enter Cern: boom Cern chat.
The hard part would be to not just use rectangles but actually make the shapes meaningful. I don't want to walk past a high school or live next to one and then be included in that chat. So yeah. Tricky
- Very cool idea. My only worry is "Anonymous Mode". Anonymity IME usually results in conversations descending into vitriol, snark or libel.
- Good idea - sort of remind me of YikYak. That was really fun & actually a great way to get local tips if you were new into an area with a good community. Towns it was dead, but if I was in a city that I'd never been to before, put a question out and you would get some real good insights.
It faced a fair few controversies & got taken offline and not sure what became of it...
Always wanted something with that... casual fence... to think of a better word again
by patrik_cihal
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- One pattern I’ve noticed with local / geofenced chat is that without a primary task (coordination, trade, alerts, etc.), chat becomes the product... and historically that converges to low-signal or toxicity. The tech here is impressive, but I’d worry the value needs to be anchored to a concrete job-to-be-done rather than chat itself.
- Very cool. I developed something in a similar vein as a way to teach myself web programming 15 years ago or so. Https://dirtywalls.com is location-based message boards. You can create or join ones close to your location. Reminds me that I need to try to tell people about it since it’s mostly just me checking in to my local bars and shops.
by pantalaimon
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- Reminds me of Jodel (https://jodel.com/), an app originally focused on students.
It lost quite some activity in the last decade though, gaining fewer users than it loses.
- Unless you're a masochist you should prototype your idea and see what people want instead of building it first.
Why add new features instead of trying to gain traction?
- Checkout Hoplr.com that's a Web based equivalent.
- I had this exact same idea years ago, it's awesome to see someone else had the same idea, but actually had the guts to do it! Wishing you success!
- Not sure why you link to a screenshot of LinkedIn, or to LinkedIn at all, but you might want to spell-check what's written there
- No web version? No sale.
WTF is wrong with these social apps!?!? Who wants to chat on a tiny screen when they have a computer available. Especially for local apps that function only when you're home.
by rrr_oh_man
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- Why 6 years?
- This app (like any consumer social app) needs to first solve the cold start problem: make it useful for a single user, layer the social on top.
Instagram had photo filters; Strava had activity stats. What could this have?
by Adrian-ChatLocl
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- Relative links that didn't get added in the comment:
- LinkedIn story: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/trobts37gp4gr1qk9ch...
- LocalVideo: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.localvideo...
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