Introducing Push It. Simple, Anonymous Messaging.
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- instrmntl0
I like this pic
- rosem0
The problem I've found with anonymous (through my experience with Spott) is that most of the conversations are very unproductive.
Similar anonymous apps like Yik Yak have a lot of users, but it's just a bunch of interns talking about how they want to bang the secretary or racial jokes.
- insomnie0
LOL @iCanHazQBN
- iCanHazQBN0
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- iCanHazQBN0
I just sent all of you a message... from the future.
- insomnie0
Correct, no microsite yet.
- ideaist0
Looking good insomnie; I'm assuming their is not a vid/micro site/etc. As of yet?!
Start small & stay small us my only advice.
; )
- insomnie0
I will be curious to see how people use the app. We were thinking of collecting stories, and maybe having a blog that would get updated with only the best use cases.
- inteliboy0
This is a killer idea. Maybe if there are no users nearby, the search area expands. That way it's never an empty void.
I like the chat room idea but maybe for v2? Launch should be simple. Almost ridiculously so. Like that YO app, or how Snapchat first launched.
- ukit20
What if you had the ability to "create a chatroom" and then only people who are subscribed within the vicinity can send/read responses? You would also be able to see and join nearby chatrooms.
That shouldn't ruin the anonymity aspect but might allow you to better tailor it to specific uses. But then again maybe there is another app that already does this, just thinking out loud here...
- ukit, we are working on this. We are calling this channels. You will be able to create therm.insomnie
- I won't talk about it much, but it will be awesome.insomnie
- Cool, I was thinking channels was a better nameukit2
- What if you could set broadcast range for your channel? Lots of interesting possibilities...ukit2
- prophetone0
We are critical. But this is good feedback. I personally want to see you succeed. But you have a few questions yet to answer. Possibly the most important questions re an app like this, which you should already have clearly-defined answers for at this point; on the eve of launch.
- insomnie0
I appreciate all the feedback. I feel like we are having a great discussion here.
- HijoDMaite0
ffffound invites for Push It invites who's got em?
- ukit20
Interesting, but seems like you might face kind of a conundrum with this. If no one is around to broadcast to, people won't start using it. On the other hand, if lots of people use it, you will be bombarded with useless messages all the time.
- prophetone0
So... at least initially, if the app is to become popular it will have to be wide open so as to encourage use among its user base. fair enough.
if the plan is to sell the ability to broadcast to the user base to a corp. sponsor, which is a good plan $$, what elevated functionality are you going to provide a sponsor that will set them apart enough that they'll want to spend $ vs. just using the app themselves within their own infrastructures, for free?
i'm going to assume some sort of randomly-inserted, approved, branded sponsorship?
beyond that, with no usernames or filtering other than it being location-based, what's to stop everyday users from broadcasting misinformation?
and not just heartless, criminal spammers but even slighted tweeners who just left TOPSHOP upset b/c they were no size 14 pashminas left and decide to broadcast a fake "Flash sale at that TOPSHOP RIGHT NOW OMGSFA!"
i'm curious b/c i feel you have a real challenge ahead of you. you have to build a user base first... and be very careful not to lose that user base, even though you will be constantly bombarded with these variables. A real balancing act.
Godspeed!
- set0
Spam always takes over... but it's a great idea.
- dbloc0
will spammers take over?
- but wouldn't the spammer need to be where you are? are there enough spammers walking around to annoy me?BrokenHD
- sure why not. sports games, music festivals, love-ins, protests, WoW tournaments, etc.prophetone
- spammers are everywheredbloc
- You will be able to report them, we are adding this in the next update.insomnie
- insomnie0
They have a lot of UI, and you have to have actual friends. The only thing thats a little similar is the location thing. Even then our messages are only in the now. You can't leave a message for someone. Once you send the message it's gone. So if you just got to the place you won't see anything there from previous people.
You will only be able to communicate with people that are there at this moment.
You can say that their concept of notes resembles a bit of what we plan on doing with venue messages. But those will also be outside, handled by push notifications.
We wanted to make an app that you don't necessarily have to open.
- Christian0
^ yup, Knit - haven't had the time to check it out yet.
