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Re:Show HN: Web app that makes conversations more fun by njswampdragon on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @11:03PM (#23473470)
It's a web-app that makes conversations more fun by giving participants different rotating objectives to hit while having a normal conversation. No one knows what the other participants are being prompted to do until the end and it is meant to lead to outrageous conversation. The demo is also here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhNJlGzTHEQ
Re:Show HN: Web app that makes conversations more fun by maps7 on Thursday June 11, 2020 @09:14AM (#23488466)
Love this idea - well done. I think some prompts/hints would help. For example, people might not know how to play "You are elon musk".
Re:Show HN: Web app that makes conversations more fun by uplyftcapital on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @11:18PM (#23473563)
Interesting, still checking this out. It might be great for remote team building too.

I spotted a small misspelling: “Pass the conversation to someone who has been quite”. I think it should be quiet.

Re:Show HN: Web app that makes conversations more fun by njswampdragon on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @11:40PM (#23473660)
Thanks, and good catch, I'll change that

That's a good use case, we've been having bi-weekly virtual team-building meeting that always feel awkward, I'd be curious if this could at all fill a niche like that. --camaraderie is hard to create virtually