Hackodex.com - Chatroulette for Hackers

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	Hackodex.com - Chatroulette for Hackers (hackodex.com)
	17 points by rajan_chandi 5332 days ago

8 comments

bodegajed 5332 days ago

Awesome idea. Poorly executed design though and I see a chicken and egg problem. How do you plan on solving this?

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rajan_chandi 5332 days ago

Thank you. We're just building this for connecting hackers. It seems to be getting attention...approached 100 users in 3 hours. We'll figure something. What's ur suggestion?

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icode 5332 days ago

1) Chat doesnt work here. Im on Firefox 7.01

2) I see a guy and he looks like hes chatting with someone. So I probably see the wrong stream?

3) When I switch, only the text switches. The video stream stays the same.

In other words: Nothing works.

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rajan_chandi 5332 days ago

It works differently. It is not face 2 face chat. It is like you're checking out other people when other people are checking out other people.

If you like them and their project and technology - you write them an email. We'll add phone call feature later.

Chatroulette is good but people don't like to be passed on. There is some negativity that we don't want on our site.

Thank you for your detailed review and feedback.

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rajan_chandi 5332 days ago

MVP is ready.

The idea is to connect hackers with an intent of building something cool together by complementing skills.

We believe if this gets adoption - It can double the number of new companies created every year.

We'll love your feedback.

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tfb 5332 days ago

Doesn't seem to work at all for me on Chrome 15 on Windows 7, so I suspect it isn't working for pretty much everyone else.

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ThePawnBreak 5332 days ago

It's working for me on Chrome 15 on Windows 7.

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rajan_chandi 5332 days ago

Thank you. It is a little different from chatroulette. It is about check out other people and not one on one chat. If you like them and their stuff - you email them. We'll add video phone feature soon. Cheers.

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rajan_chandi 5332 days ago

Please note that - Hireplug facilitates checking out the hackers that will matter to u based on ur project, skills etc.

The video will be served if they're actually active.

if they're not live - you can still send them an email.

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m3znaric1337 5332 days ago

I cant use enter to send msg, my name is empty (<>),...

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rajan_chandi 5332 days ago

It takes name from your email that you enter in the first form. e.g. name@gmail.com will be presented as <name> in the chat. This helps us associate someone with a semi real identity of the person in the form of email.

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cyphersanctus 5332 days ago

Oh :( Doesnt work on the ipad.

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rajan_chandi 5332 days ago

Sorry. It's Adobe/Apple war...that doesn't let us serve you. apologies.

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Samuel_Michon 5332 days ago

Given that Flash only works properly on desktop Windows, it's not really an "Apple vs Adobe" thing.

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rajan_chandi 5332 days ago

We'll make it work. We are just getting started with Hackodex. It would be fun to connect hackers in real-time to build something cool.