Textmob
Productivity
group messaging
SHOW HN2011
27points
11comments
#396of 1,097 in 2011
Top 37%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
4 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.44.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple idea that is actually useful
From 1 comment
Wow - I like this a lot. A very simple idea that's actually useful! How long did this take to create? Aside from Twilio and GroupMe what are you using to power it behind the…
thecoffman on HN
SMS-based approach is appealing
From 1 comment
i like that its sms based, its sorta like Beluga (facebook aquired them today)
kash on HN
Objections
Name collides with historic TxtMob SMS group service
From 1 comment
Just so you're aware, TXTMob is historically the name of a famous-in-very-small-circles group SMS service from 2004. Released as an activist digital art project and used to…
sbisker on HN
Group creation process needs to be easier
From 1 comment
Yep, i worked on TxtMob, and at Odeo when we came up with Twitter. The idea of twitter came from a hackday project of Jack, Noah Glass, and Florain Webber. But they were all…
rabble on HN
Requests
Add a privacy policy for phone numbers
From 1 comment
Wow - I like this a lot. A very simple idea that's actually useful! How long did this take to create? Aside from Twilio and GroupMe what are you using to power it behind the…
thecoffman on HN
Questions
How is this different from using GroupMe as-is?
From 1 comment
Can someone explain to me how this is different from using GroupMe as-is?
christefano on HN
Alternatives named
GroupMe
From 1 comment
Can someone explain to me how this is different from using GroupMe as-is?
christefano on HN
Beluga
From 1 comment
i like that its sms based, its sorta like Beluga (facebook aquired them today)
kash on HN