I guess we’re doing a few things that help with the “Hello World” problem: having an adjustable radius, focusing on conversation threads that you can go back to, and we’re also working on launching at local events and working with event managers.
Would be great to some insights on what worked or didn’t work for you?
Thanks.
That's too bad. I was looking forward to trying it, but re-creating a Facebook account deleted years ago and then dealing with new friend emails, etc, isn't worth it to me.
* I'm happy you also have an Android version
* I'm sad that it requires Facebook. Note that Reddit even apologizes for using a captcha during registration, and does not require an email address to this day.
We’re thinking of having our own login in the future. Right now, creating our own login would force users to go through a longer flow. Also we’re considering adding a friends filter, and Facebook’s social feed is probably the best starting point for that.
Is there any sources of login you trust that you have your friends connection on?
Also, I wouldn't worry too much about the negativity over Facebook login, I bet you'll find it doesn't add much friction for the average user. That said, I think this is a great app to use the Facebook anonymous login option.
We don’t really want to use fake accounts, but we could have some admin account that has information that’s interesting and just be a “Spiral News” or “Spiral Events” account? Would that be something that you’d find interesting or is content most interesting if it comes from a user only?
We think that by bringing some identity into the app there can be more useful interactions and bad behavior self-policed. We’re working off an assumption that people are, on the whole, pretty awesome, and we shouldn’t fall back on anonymous as the only way to engage seriously in the public sphere. What do you think? Would you add other social logins? Twitter?
Adding other social logins, though, would be a good idea. And Github is now an id provider, so why not integrate that? Surely the startup community would feel less blocked by this :)
I don't think anyone is saying that anonymous should be the only way but it should be an option. It's not really a public space if you can't be anonymous.
Edit: I mean the Android version.
We designed the client to be very light and do as much processing on the server and also are very careful to do as much asynchronous work as possible (networking a must)