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Show HN: Radar Chat – Geolocation based communication

64 点作者 tlhunter超过 3 年前

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tlhunter超过 3 年前
Radar Chat allows users to leave digital messages that are attached to physical world locations. Most messages can only be seen if you&#x27;re physically close to them which can be used to make scavenger hunts.<p>My first customers non-profits in the STEM space who are using Radar Chat to tag the businesses they partner with (Planetariums, Science Museums, etc). When students visit these places they can then check into them (if they&#x27;re close enough) and get entered to win a prize. Here&#x27;s an example of a STEM customer channel:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;app.radar.chat&#x2F;#&#x2F;channel&#x2F;glbra-stem-pipeline" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;app.radar.chat&#x2F;#&#x2F;channel&#x2F;glbra-stem-pipeline</a><p>Paying customers unlock additional features like permanent messages, always-visible messages, and messages that can be checked in to. Non-paying users are able to leave messages that have a maximum radius and an expiration time.<p>I do server programming by trade so any feedback on the UX would be greatly appreciated!<p>Edit: Here&#x27;s a link to the website with marketing information. It describes the produce a bit more than what&#x27;s available in this post:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;radar.chat&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;radar.chat&#x2F;</a>
diggum超过 3 年前
About 10 years ago, I taught myself web programming by writing <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dirtywalls.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dirtywalls.com</a> which is still up and which occasionally I still see used by a handful of the folks I shared it with back then. Same basic idea: pseudonymous message boards attached to real-world locations, where you must be within a certain proximity to read or post.<p>The concept at the time was &quot;4chan meets foursquare.&quot; and the inspiration was rediscovering some graffiti in a bar bathroom that years before had particularly tickled some friends and I. For awhile, I added new locations as I traveled extensively for work, so there are hidden little message boards around NYC, SF, China, Seattle, Europe...
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clbrook超过 3 年前
It&#x27;s a bit like Tosslet. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tosslet.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tosslet.com&#x2F;</a><p>Edit: But with Tosslet you don&#x27;t need to (get to?) have an account to see (catch) messages or provide any other information (e.g. email). We have a privacy-first focus and don&#x27;t require or allow the use of your actual location (gps).<p>Disclaimer: I&#x27;m the developer of Tosslet
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sharikous超过 3 年前
In Israel there is an app called &quot;Pillar of cloud&quot; (עמוד ענן) which is somewhat similar.<p>It&#x27;s invaluable for hiking and exploring places. I guess it is moderated however, since I never saw spam there.
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pelagicAustral超过 3 年前
Mate, I live an hour and half from Antarctica, I&#x27;m never going to see a message hahaha
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donclark超过 3 年前
I want to say that I saw a similar app within the last 2 months. I do remember this one... <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Yik_Yak" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Yik_Yak</a>
axby超过 3 年前
This is really well done, I like the UX and the messaging categories. I also like how you allow creating an account with just an email and the received auth code. Also very refreshing to try something as a web app and not have to install anything just to try it.<p>It might be cool to show a rough estimate of how many people are able to hear your messages? I tried shouting to my entire city but I noticed the global channel had around 78 subscribers, so I figured it was unlikely that anyone heard my message.<p>It would also be great at this stage to let you see a history of messages received in your location while you were away.<p>Also maybe let people send or at least listen to messages anywhere in the world, at this early stage? I&#x27;d love to see if anyone in my hometown is using this, but I don&#x27;t live there anymore. Maybe you could set up a limited number of spots that you always get messages for? Say your home, work, etc.<p>Awesome job! Looking forward to updates. (If you have an RSS feed or something then I&#x27;d love to subscribe to it).
bee_rider超过 3 年前
Probably this is way outside the scope of what you are doing now, but some sort of augmented reality phone viewer for these messages would be super neat and really emphasis the physicality (sort of like in the game Dark Souls, haha).
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tpoacher超过 3 年前
&gt; There really isn&#x27;t anything else out there<p>I&#x27;ve seen about a dozen apps that do just this. Here&#x27;s one I used to use, called Kites: (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.krishan711.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.krishan711.com&#x2F;</a>).<p>It was a very nice app, but the network effect was missing, and eventually the novelty wore off. Which presumably is also why its creator pulled it from the appstore.<p>I wish you luck, I still think it&#x27;s a good idea. But beware that there may be a good reason why you can&#x27;t find &quot;anything else like it out there&quot; at the moment...
mikewarot超过 3 年前
That would have been fun back in the early days of the internet, before commerce and trolls ruined it. I&#x27;m not willing to trust my location information like that any more. I&#x27;m both sorry and sad.
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technological超过 3 年前
How do you plan to remove or flag false information ? Like for example someone intentionally leave message which is not true or causes harm ?
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manx超过 3 年前
Interesting idea! I&#x27;m wondering if this would also work in higher dimensional spaces, like embeddings. Or is this just social media? :D
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fer超过 3 年前
I like how the longer the range, the shorter the persistence. It should keep messages relevant.<p>Is there any spam control in place?
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senden9超过 3 年前
Reminds me of Jodel. Just that here I can select the loudness and on Jodel it so controlled by the App based on thinks like number of posts around you.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;about.jodel.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;about.jodel.com&#x2F;</a>
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orev超过 3 年前
Be careful using this for things like prizes, as people <i>will</i> use tools that allow them to spoof locations to see the messages in that area.
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mmastrac超过 3 年前
Doesn&#x27;t appear to work on Firefox at all.
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itake超过 3 年前
reminds me of:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theverge.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;5&#x2F;9&#x2F;5699794&#x2F;whatsapplebees-parody-chat-app-for-applebees-lovers" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theverge.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;5&#x2F;9&#x2F;5699794&#x2F;whatsapplebees-par...</a>
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Terry_Roll超过 3 年前
@tlhunter Are you a pirate who likes a good treasure hunt? Nice!
nathias超过 3 年前
Cool concept, but the UI is terrible on desktop.
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hunterb123超过 3 年前
Ah like YikYak, but more precise locations.
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