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I don't think they are competing against DJI. Did you watch the promo video? It's very clear who their target demographic is and it's not people who would buy a DJI.

I can tell you've put real hard work into this, that's quite an achievement! You should be proud.

I do like the name and now it makes sense :)

Lol! That is too funny, and it's great hearing stories like those to remind me that we're all really similar.

I've done the same thing many times in my life out of fear of the sounds or the sm.. you get the point!

Good luck on your project, it's a great idea!

Oh and two thoughts:

- I like the name but I read it in my head at first as "Loo-di-doo" (I'm dyslexic). Then I realized that has a nice ring to it as you can almost hum it. Loodidoo Loodidoo

- For 2nd generation how feasible would it be to add an automatic scent dispenser? So e.g. after X minutes of no movement, spray a nice scent to clear the air.

This is really great!

A few years ago I worked for a small startup using a tiny live/work loft as an office in the heart of downtown San Diego.

We had the exact same issue you describe where 7 guys and 3 gals were all terrified to use the restroom because any little sound could be heard through the wall into the main space.

Because of that we started seeking out other places to deal with nature, which led to the phrase "I'm going to visit the Hilton".

Needless to say by the end of my time working there I knew the nearby Hilton & Marriott hotels in and out, including how to act like a guest to gain access to the better restrooms (although they surely caught on).

At the time I wondered whether a crowd-sourced bathroom finder app would be feasible and purchased the domain thronehunter.com, which I still own to this day!

Thanks!

That sounds like a bug! Will look into it, did you happen to enter any text in the field and then delete it? I'll see if I can reproduce

Ok yeah maybe that's better to just add a feedback button? That should be easy

I def understand that and I'm interested in finding ways to support more nuanced discussion, but there's always going to be a place for traditional threaded comments and old school forums etc.

Thank You to everyone who stopped by Sqwok today and/or left feedback here! Much appreciated! Thank you dang

It's using regular websockets w/mqtt

Thank you!

Thanks for the feedback. Would it be good enough if you could turn that off? Hadn't heard this feedback before but it's fair.

thank you!

totally! thanks again! :)

It's a different experience for sure, and there will always be a place for threaded comments.

But this is about real time conversation, and I agree there's much to be done to improve it!

Hey thank you for sharing this feedback and linking to it here on HN! It will make it easier for me to find again. I agree the ability to break off the convo is a big one, and likewise permalink/vote or highlight message.

Thank you!

I like it!

Yes let me think about how/where to do that. Any suggestion? I guess I could use github?

In hindsight I might not have chosen that name but it was a fear years ago and now it sort of stuck... idk

Thank you for the feedback! I realize the design isn't for everyone and you're right it probably skews towards the tech crowd, but what specifically is ugly? I think for sure some talented UI designers could come up with something really nice and I'd like to get to that stage at some point! Just navigating how to even get it off the ground first.

Hey there, thanks for sharing, what do you mean by discord version?

No problem, thank you for participating and taking the time to check out Sqwok!

Hey sorry about that! I haven't tested it in firefox on android but I'm writing it down and hope to address it soon.

That's good feedback and thanks for sharing.

The primary driver in building this was first to create a way to easily hop into a live conversation around a topic with anyone.

This has been a bootstrapped one-person project so far and it also comes down to how much I can handle building at a time, and what to prioritize to walk the fine line from 0 -> 1.

I def agree and plan to add ways to add context to conversations and make it easier to navigate through the history of ones already in progress.

Thank you! Appreciate the comments and feedback, that's a high priority item I plan to add soon!

Hey thanks for the feedback, I agree with you and I've thought about that problem and ways to potentially solve it.

I was thinking it'd be nice to have a way to render a route, or maybe it's just in a modal as you say, and keep it around while you navigate other parts of the app. That way you can pop it back to the top when needed and it maintains state and doesn't need to rerender.

Is that sort of what you are talking about? Sounds like you've implemented it with success? Def sounds appealing!

Thank you for the comments, appreciated!

Hey Jim! Thought about checking in with you recently :)

Yes, it should be indexed although I haven't actually confirmed it works yet! I guess I probably should.

Fair enough! The slogan is def not concrete, just something I pulled out a hat one late night so to speak...

It's fundamentally a place for open live discussion and may not be appealing as much for casual reading (yet).

The core focus so far has been building a solid chat foundation but planning to enhance other aspects of the site soon.

The content of the site is set by the people there, and since it's essentially starting from zero that means there isn't a large base of content yet, nor even a way to filter yet.

What sort of topics/content are you looking for?

There are many features I want to build that I think will be compelling for people both on the main site and on their own sites.