If I understand correctly the "people around you" is decided purely by distance. In that case is there anything done to avoid seemingly nonsensical conversations for a random observer? With this I mean if two people are in distance close enough to chat and the third one (the "observer") is only in range to one of them would the observer only see half of the conversation.
Last time a "Show HN" was posted with a similar nearby chat app, I was in Disney World and there was not much engagement ( <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16976287" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16976287</a>).<p>I'm in Disneyland now, and I've tried it out now, but not much engagement. I will check it throughout the day, but I mirror the suggestions made, either increase the 1 km radius (the park here is longer than 1 km) or include the closest 10 users.
oh, I like it! specially that poetic moment when you find out that you are all alone. waiting for someone is nice. no, seriously, I think the idea is great. in general, I like the idea of using internet to bring closer people who are already geographically close, so they actually have a decent chance to share something outside the screen. a chat might be the most dangerous way to do this, but anyway, still cool.<p>a "simple" idea to dynamically adjust areas, if you aren't doing it already, at least for lonely people, is setting a timer and progressively expand/reduce the "here" area, up to a more generous limit? (basically, automatic population density control, <i>in an evil way</i>)
Got this error with Firefox 61 (latest release) when I tried it, but it seems as if it can continue. No one else around though.<p>> Messaging: This browser doesn't support the API's required to use the firebase SDK. (messaging/unsupported-browser).
Hi all, I am the maker of the this product. Covered some use cases here <a href="https://medium.com/@vasanthv/introducing-oy-2664a5c95d75" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/@vasanthv/introducing-oy-2664a5c95d75</a>