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Show HN: Smidge – Replacing text chat with video chat

10 pointsby toast76about 4 years ago

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toast76about 4 years ago
Hi folks, I posted this &gt; 4 months ago, but we&#x27;ve been through a couple of pivots since then.<p>I&#x27;m really happy where it&#x27;s landed now and think the response has been much better this time around.<p>Smidge allows you to have quick and easy video conversations with customers from inside your app.<p>As a web user, I&#x27;m tired of seeing chatbots and chat widgets everywhere. If I want to read something, I&#x27;ll read the docs. If I want to ask a question, I really just want to ask a person and get my answer as quick as possible.<p>As a founder, it&#x27;s so hard to get customers into a conversation. We spend so much time deflecting them to KB articles and bots that we&#x27;ve lost the ability to engage with them 1:1 and that&#x27;s what <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;smidge.app" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;smidge.app</a> is intended to do. We funnel users to the right team member and tee up a call instantly in-app.<p>Would love feedback whether video is a thing for folks (particularly early stage where you prob don&#x27;t have a success team yet). We&#x27;ve found quick 5-minute conversations to be incredibly valuable.<p>(posted here 4mths ago with a different focus: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=24835602" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=24835602</a>)