The only way to see what the app does is to either watch the video (which I haven't done) or to sign up using Twitter/Google.
I think it would be useful for people like me to provide some way to know (even a small writeup would help) what the app is without forcing us to give the credentials or watch a video.
Remember how you could just talk to people any way you'd like (email, IRC, lists, usenet, forums, IM etc.)? Forget that, that's boring (or rather inconvenient for us to intercept). Talk to people though us so we can read your conversation without any effort, profile you and then sell you to our advertisers. It makes perfect sense.
What is wrong with the Internet? It was going so well.
Thanks for the feedback. We completely understand your concerns and thats why we bring up the privacy point in the video.
The point you miss is that we dont want to connect you to the people you know. Why? because you already know these people. We want to connect you to new and interesting people that like to talk anbout the same things you do. Hence "email, IRC, lists, usenet, forums, IM etc." aren't sufficient. Mainly because they focus on people that you know and also because (when talking to people you dont know) you arent having a conversation you are reading posts.
We are not out to steal your data (says the faceless founder).We analyse the conversations so we can build a profile about the content you enjoy and what you like to talk about. We then use this data to provide you with new content and connect you to people you would like to chat to.
None of you chat logs are saved and all of the data we pull from the conversations is anonymised against your account name. We do offer data back to the content provider but this is done by demographics and is never pinned to specific users.
Thanks for the support. Much apriciated!
On your point, we actually dont do any advertising. Our data can help influence advertising so it becomes more relevant to the user. Rather than just spam adds.
But we dont actually supply advertisements.
Just curious how you were able to get a domain hack approved with an .ie domain. I had tried previously a few years ago, but Ireland was very restrictive in allowing them.
Great to see a Newcastle, UK based startup launch their product. Saw these guys pitch halfway through their accelerator program and thought the concept looked pretty cool.
Well the fact that both of the founders are Irish really helped the matter ;) I think you can get one if you move to Ireland but you have to be really committed to the url you want!
Thanks for the heads up. Our login in system has just crapped its pants for some reason (hasn't happened before) and we are fixing it currently. Thanks for the feedback.
I think it would be useful for people like me to provide some way to know (even a small writeup would help) what the app is without forcing us to give the credentials or watch a video.