Flip
Consumer and social
messaging app
SHOW HN2012
7points
10comments
#1,458of 1,677 in 2012
Top 87%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Idea: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Slick design
From 1 comment
it looks really slick but damn did you pick a difficult market. anyway, godspeed - i hope at least you got your friends to use it.
jcfrei on HN
Objections
Only works on iPhone; no Android version limits usefulness
From 3 comments
Are you planning to do encryption ala BBM? Also not seeing anything here: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=flip+messenger so I don't think messenger that allows you to only…
antihero on HNThe difference with Instagram is that it's only to share photos, you don't need to communicate using it. If you don't launch it multi-platform, I see near dead to it. Sorry, I'm…
lardissone on HNIndeed.. the usefulness of Whatsapp is the fact that one can talk to friends on most devices ios/Android/BB/Windows/Nokia/Symbian. Anything else ,security, annoyances etc.. are…
joshbaptiste on HN
Messaging only among same-app users is not very useful
From 2 comments
Are you planning to do encryption ala BBM? Also not seeing anything here: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=flip+messenger so I don't think messenger that allows you to only…
antihero on HNThe difference with Instagram is that it's only to share photos, you don't need to communicate using it. If you don't launch it multi-platform, I see near dead to it. Sorry, I'm…
lardissone on HN
Requests
Android version
From 2 comments
The difference with Instagram is that it's only to share photos, you don't need to communicate using it. If you don't launch it multi-platform, I see near dead to it. Sorry, I'm…
lardissone on HNIndeed.. the usefulness of Whatsapp is the fact that one can talk to friends on most devices ios/Android/BB/Windows/Nokia/Symbian. Anything else ,security, annoyances etc.. are…
joshbaptiste on HN
Encryption like BBM
From 1 comment
Are you planning to do encryption ala BBM? Also not seeing anything here: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=flip+messenger so I don't think messenger that allows you to only…
antihero on HN
Questions
Will it use encryption like BBM
From 1 comment
Are you planning to do encryption ala BBM? Also not seeing anything here: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=flip+messenger so I don't think messenger that allows you to only…
antihero on HN
Alternatives named
WhatsApp
From 1 comment
Indeed.. the usefulness of Whatsapp is the fact that one can talk to friends on most devices ios/Android/BB/Windows/Nokia/Symbian. Anything else ,security, annoyances etc.. are…
joshbaptiste on HN
Facebook Messenger
From 1 comment
Are you planning to do encryption ala BBM? Also not seeing anything here: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=flip+messenger so I don't think messenger that allows you to only…
antihero on HN
GroupMe
From 1 comment
Yeah in the last year a lot of them have come through, and I've also noticed a large grave yard of apps starting to build up too, GroupMe, Fast Society, etc It's only been on the…
jklp on HN
Fast Society
From 1 comment
Yeah in the last year a lot of them have come through, and I've also noticed a large grave yard of apps starting to build up too, GroupMe, Fast Society, etc It's only been on the…
jklp on HN
BBM
From 1 comment
Are you planning to do encryption ala BBM? Also not seeing anything here: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=flip+messenger so I don't think messenger that allows you to only…
antihero on HN