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It took me a while to figure out what this product is. Much more time than I was willing to spend on it.

- Be the star you are!

- Level up your presentations!

- Make high-quality video content in minutes!

- Direct everyone's attention!

What do you guys offer? Bullhorns? Public speaking training? Pro camera rental?

I feel like an old fart.

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It's not just you. I looked around for a bit, then bounced and figured someone in HN comments would mention what this is. And while I appreciate that the name is not another -ly -fy or -r or something with umlauts, "Mmhmm" is just... really bad.

Even after opening the link I couldn't shake the feeling it had something to do with that awful Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm song from Crash Test Dummies, I hated that song and I hate this app even though they are evidently not connected after all.

Speaking of music, this app's name made me think of the album MMHMM by Relient K, which has a hidden track also called MMHMM (at the beginning of the CD).

That song is awesome. Great story.

Mmhmm

I actually thought it was a well made parody site, funner zooming/mmhmm, the bs marketing speak. On further inspection it actually looks like it could be useful in presenting slides, like a corporate obs or something.

I guess I'm old too. Unless you're presenting to children, I'm not sure who wants this. Adding funny visual gags to your content isn't going to do much for me except make me annoyed with you.

If you have something worthwhile or compelling to say, that will stand on its own.

Well "presenting to children" is a big market now. 2020 has brought a lot of different kinds of people online, it's not just developers or people in corporate sector anymore. These days my kids hangout on Zoom every single school day, which is way more than I have ever been in a virtual video conference in my life.

The gags are placeholders for actual presentations. Essentially the service allows people to watch you and your presentation at the same time, which is superior to only one or the other.

In time, it should allow you to present a more professional presentation. It's essentially the difference between 2010 & 2020 YouTube videos.

No thanks, I don't want to watch slides mangled by video compression tuned for a camera. I'd much rather see them through screen sharing, which is optimised for compressing on-screen content without making it look terrible.

This should just be a feature of Zoom, Teams, etc. And it probably is.

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