[HN Gopher] Show HN: Whatcha - social network for digital media
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Show HN: Whatcha - social network for digital media
Hi all! Christian here, creator of Whatcha, the easiest way to
discover, track, discuss, and share movies, shows, books, and
podcasts. I created Whatcha because I wanted all the information I
needed to decide what I should check out next in one place. If
you're like me, you're having multiple conversations with friends
on what they're watching, creating watch/read/listen lists on
multiple platforms (or just a notes app) that quickly get
disorganized, or just have a hard time deciding on what to start
next. Whatcha is aiming to solve those problems by bringing
everything and everyone together in one place. With the
proliferation of media platforms, services, and content, Whatcha
has been a great way to organize and share your favorites. I just
launched Whatcha on the Apple app store, with an Android version
coming soon. Would appreciate any feedback you have on how I can
make Whatcha better and more useful for you. Thanks!
Author : dropstep
Score : 19 points
Date : 2022-07-10 18:57 UTC (4 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (apps.apple.com)
| layer8 wrote:
| I'd be careful about claiming your app is for sharing movies,
| shows, and books. ;)
| dropstep wrote:
| Haha, fair point! For clarification, sharing as in letting your
| friends know about a movie, show, or book! It definitely might
| be worth figuring out a way to word that better.
| Fuzzwah wrote:
| Recommending?
| dropstep wrote:
| Great idea!
| foodstances wrote:
| Installed it from the App Store, went through the signup process,
| saw that it requires a phone number, tried to register without
| one, couldn't, and then uninstalled it, all in about 30 seconds.
|
| I cannot even guess why a social network about movies and TV
| shows requires my phone number, but you surely aren't getting it.
| dropstep wrote:
| That's valuable feedback. The only thing its used for is to see
| what of your friends are already on the platform for you to
| find them and follow them (if you choose to do so and opt in,
| it is completely optional to take that action). This was
| actually a feature request from Whatcha's beta users. I think
| making phone an optional choice overall is a great idea,
| though.
| e-clinton wrote:
| I wouldn't follow feedback from HN users on things like that
| too closely. We are a different bunch. Most people won't
| think twice to hand over their number and would rather you
| ask if it means they have a better experience.
| ThinkBeat wrote:
| Thank you. That saves me from having to spend time to figure
| out the same thing.
|
| I hope soon some technological development will allow VoIP or
| any virtual type phonenumber to pass as a SIM verified number
| (or however it is done).
|
| Everyone wanting your phone number is a huge privacy issue and
| it makes tracing you across platforms is more trivial than it
| should be.
|
| Which of course is a good part of the reason companies do this.
|
| In Norway, as far as I have figured out, anonymous burner
| phones is not possible due to laws requirng the buyer to show
| valid governmnent id that will be registered at the time of
| purchase.
|
| You can pay someone else to buy it for you, but that has other
| issues,.
| morrisct wrote:
| This app is incredible, just what I've been looking for!!
| [deleted]
| holler wrote:
| Congrats on launching! Social media consumption is a hot idea.
| Did you make that intro video yourself or pay someone to make it?
| If yourself, curious what you used to make it? Good luck!
| dropstep wrote:
| Thank you! I didn't make it myself, but am lucky enough to have
| a friend who works in video production who did it as a favor. I
| can ask him what he used to do it, since I don't think it
| required professional tools from my understanding.
| nstbayless wrote:
| I'm on android, so I can't try it yet. The two things I want to
| know are:
|
| - Is there a web interface? - Can I add entries if they aren't
| already in the database?
| dropstep wrote:
| There is a web version being built right now, it should be done
| in the next week or so. If you're still monitoring this, I can
| comment here when it is, otherwise there is waitlist here to be
| emailed when it is here: https://www.whatcha.io/join
|
| Right now, you can edit the data on already existing listings,
| with the ability to add your own coming very soon!
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