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Re:Show HN: Launched my first app where people hum songs for... by barbs on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @05:51PM (#16693079)
Cool idea, I used to play this when I was a child.

I'm unable to download it right now, but my initial concerns are:

- How do you stop people from cheating by singing the words, or otherwise just saying the name of the song? Or, depending on the scoring system, could you not just submit silence?

- How do you deal with people screaming profanity or disturbing audio clips?

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Re:Show HN: Launched my first app where people hum songs for... by depomoty on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @06:38PM (#16693455)
I built a report function. Not sure what more I can do to stop that. So far so good :)
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Re:Show HN: Launched my first app where people hum songs for... by gupir on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @08:48AM (#16697261)
Maybe limiting the game for people you know, like a list of friends on Facebook or phone list.
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Re:Show HN: Launched my first app where people hum songs for... by depomoty on Thursday March 29, 2018 @01:35AM (#16704737)
That feature is definitely on the list and I'll implement it soon
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Re:Show HN: Launched my first app where people hum songs for... by highwind on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @06:34PM (#16693425)
You could ask people to flag the ones that are not humming and if a user is flagged multiple times you ban that user.
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Re:Show HN: Launched my first app where people hum songs for... by alphydan on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @06:59PM (#16693610)
> just submit silence

433 by John Cage?

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Re:Show HN: Launched my first app where people hum songs for... by michaericalribo on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @08:35PM (#16694118)
Careful,I think that's under copyright
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Re:Show HN: Launched my first app where people hum songs for... by stevenwoo on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @05:57PM (#16693122)
This is actually a minigame that exists within one of the four card types for the board game Cranium, but a nice mobile implementation for playing with strangers.
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Re:Show HN: Launched my first app where people hum songs for... by arthurdenture on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @11:20PM (#16694978)
It's also being kickstarted as a standalone card game: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1559002049/earworm-beco...
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