Show HN: Spiral – A Reddit-inspired local message board app

Re:Show HN: Spiral – A Reddit-inspired local message board app by djb_hackernews on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @03:18PM (#7972888)

You'll need to solve the problems every other somolo app has, I'd do what Reddit did, fake accounts. Easy to determine the interesting stuff by surfing the city subreddits.

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.

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Re:Show HN: Spiral – A Reddit-inspired local message board app by m1chael3ma on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @04:07PM (#7973180)

Thanks for the feedback on the Facebook login.

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?

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Re:Show HN: Spiral – A Reddit-inspired local message board app by wkdown on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @06:25PM (#7973835)

I would recommend being more transparent on why you use only FB and what data you use. That can help alleviate some anxiety over using it to sign in.

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Re:Show HN: Spiral – A Reddit-inspired local message board app by ggiaco on Monday July 07, 2014 @01:05PM (#7999854)

Good point. We've been looking for examples of apps that do this particularly well, e.g. via a tutorial or as part of the on-boarding process. Do any outstanding examples come to mind for you?

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