Cloak
Consumer and social
location sharing
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
1 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 9 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score -0.37.
Docs: 0 for, 6 againstIdea: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 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.
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, interesting concept and UI
From 2 comments
Pointless app unless your circle of friends is absolutely glued to their phones. Only utilizes foursquare and instagram too. Great UI though, I really like it.
EC1 on HNSo cool! What has been the feedback so far? And what have you planned for a next iteration (if any)?
rayhano on HN
Objections
Landing page has no information about how the app works
From 4 comments
I find the page rather content-free, which makes it seem useless. I'm used to the scrolling pages and general dearth of useful information such as specs/FAQs/technical details by…
blueskin_ on HNSo this is an app that lets me put my phone on a green table? Site is absolutely useless. Sure the product is great but I have no idea what it does.
madaxe_again on HNSame here. Sorry guys, a site needs to have some kind of content.
harrystone on HNAnd seriously, make it so I can see more than just your enormous tagline on mobile. I have a 1080p screen; that oughta be plenty. But literally everything I know about this app…
hamburglar on HN
Name is confused with Cloak VPN
From 3 comments
From the name I thought this was Cloak the VPN tool. https://www.getcloak.com/ I'm surprise the app store allows two apps to be named so similarly.
larubbio on HN+1, I also immediately thought of Cloak VPN, especially with the description as "Incognito Mode".
SyneRyder on HNNot to be confused with Cloak VPN https://www.getcloak.com/
jpdlla on HN
Pointless unless friends use Instagram and Foursquare heavily
From 1 comment
Pointless app unless your circle of friends is absolutely glued to their phones. Only utilizes foursquare and instagram too. Great UI though, I really like it.
EC1 on HN
Privacy-invasive scraping of social media
From 2 comments
Looks cool. I can't help but think this will definitely shed some light on the risks of sharing so much personal information online, knowing all this is scraped from social media…
bite on HNWhile I understand the draw towards this, I can't help but think that it is emblematic of our growing inability to deal with interpersonal conflict in a constructive way. Are…
cheez on HN
Requests
Add an explanation of how it works and its data sources on the site
From 2 comments
Simple fix: at least place your iTunes description: "Cloak scrapes Instagram and Foursquare to let you know where all your friends, "friends," and nonfriends are at all times so…
ohwp on HNSeriously, please put at least these two sentences on your website.
kissickas on HN
Support more networks beyond Foursquare
From 1 comment
Couldn't this help you connect with those people just as easily as hiding from them? Either way, cool idea. Since Foursquare isn't so big here, additional networks would be…
lux on HN
Questions
How does it know who you want to avoid and get their location?
From 1 comment
How does it know who you'd want to avoid? How do you get their info and location?
jenno on HN