Show HN: I built the antithesis of Zoom. Add GIFs, stickers, BGs. Talk like IRL

Re:Show HN: I built the antithesis of Zoom. Add GIFs, sticke... by remotelyyours on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @11:14AM (#25658999)

I am actually 32 haha I do understand where you're coming from. However, our motivation around this was to have an emotional response to space. The idea of personalizing your space where you're spending time is an important one. We also want to be treated like people online and not boxes. So the whole idea of being on "mute" when you're listening to someone needs to be challenged.

This is probably not an answer to what you've asked. I just wanted to tell you about how motivations behind building this.

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Re:Show HN: I built the antithesis of Zoom. Add GIFs, sticke... by 8bitsrule on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @11:32AM (#25659203)

An experiment well worth doing, and probably a preferable option for people weary of listening politely to 'authorities' or 'guests' or 'lecturers' one-at-a-time... which can be extremely low-bandwidth.

Certainly at conventions with 'presentations' many people sit near each other to discuss what's being said (or talk past the parts not relevant to them) in real-time. Orchestras still have conductors (strictly interpreting fixed works) but I think most people would rather be in a band (for the creative interactivity) and rather listen to a band.

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Re:Show HN: I built the antithesis of Zoom. Add GIFs, sticke... by rzodkiew on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @11:50AM (#25659434)

Oh yeah, I think what you've built can be great enabler for expression and creativity and product itself and definitely has the old school web feel to it. I think what inspired me to write above, was more of a marketing angle you are taking, not necessarily product itself.

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Re:Show HN: I built the antithesis of Zoom. Add GIFs, sticke... by remotelyyours on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @02:06PM (#25660988)

You got the creativity and expression bit right. That's a big motivator. For the positioning, I do understand your point. We may need to explore this a bit more to really convey what we're trying to do better.

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