Sup 3.0 - The first creep-free way to see nearby friends

You can read a little more about Sup on a medium post here: https://medium.com/@supmenow/the... and also about our culture https://medium.com/sup-engineeri...

@richpleeth @supmenow Sorry but how's this different from "Nearby Friends" in the Facebook app? And what exactly does "Sup" do that makes it "creep-free"? Thank you

@huntergray @supmenow Hi there, you can't see a friends exact location on a map just if they are in your area which can be up to 25minutes away or as little as within 5minutes. It's not directional so you can't actually track friends. We also have a hide button, so you can just tap and take yourself off the radar.

@williamb3ntley @joinflash Thanks so much Will! Very kind of you! I think we will definitely take you up on that!

@williamb3ntley @joinflash I hear you, sometimes mothers (or fathers) for instance would love the opportunity to have lunch, having been invited to a local cafe. so whilst there is a privacy issue, this offers a great get out of the house solution also, for some. And the cafe could offer a special for the small group.

@kevinmineyours @williamb3ntley @joinflash Great, we're looking at this as well with an option called flares.

@kevinmineyours ha did you just ask me out on a coffee date through confusing code words? Also @producthunt it is absolutely inexcusable that when someone clicks on a notification about a comment it doesn't take you directly to where that new @ comment sits in the page. -1 ph, -1...

@williamb3ntley @producthunt Easy tiger, sup ing alone are you ?

@paul_s_kemp Thanks Paul, really appreciate it. Hopefully the new app will make it much easier for people to miss out less.

@denull Great :) let us know any feedback you have and come say hello sometime! :)

@denull This makes the pain of freezing cold hands so worth it! Thanks Dimo

@denull Amazing :)

@tsunaze Hey Pierre-Marie! Funny you should say that... that's exactly what we have. Thanks so much - really appreciate your support.

@tsunaze You can indeed! Thanks so much. Any feedback let us know!

@dannylowney I couldn't test it yet. I'm on Android, that's why :D!

@tsunaze just your great instinct hah. Thanks!

@jcampbell_05 Love the idea and design! What I'm interested in is how high the battery drain is that comes with the permanent localization?

@philipkuklis We use the background location updates in iOS. This technology consumes a low amount of power as our app doesn't need to monitor your location constantly. iOS detects when you've moved a significant distance (via cell towers) and lets the app know. Our current measurements show us using as little as 2% battery (The same as your lock screen or apple mail).

@kevinmineyours within 25minutes walking to within 5 minutes walking. :) We used to have it in metres and yards but user feedback made us clear this up.

@gabriel_whaley Awesome, Gabriel - thanks so much! Hide Me can turn it in to a pretty interesting 'avoid my friends' too. P.S. 'to toss a sup'... I like that.

@gabriel_whaley Stoked that you like distance in time! We're very happy with it. Still a long way to go so keep watching ;)

@kevinmineyours hey man, it's always long days with our startup :) But we have a great time. We have got some really valuable feedback which has been great. Time to open our next funding round. Thanks!

@kevinmineyours 12 hours ago, we were handing out flyers in East London. Now I'm in the office replying to amazing feedback. Been an exhausting but incredible day. I really do appreciate your support. Thanks Kevin. I'm amazed by how well the PH community seem to have taken to the product. The competitive part of me is disappointed we're not at the top, but the rational part is very content :)

@richpleeth If each user could collect 3 favourite meet-up locations (when they become visible) could this be a way of building revenue ? The suggested site could then be approached to be a permanent fixture for a small fee ?

@kevinmineyours That's an interesting idea. We're talking to a couple of ibeacon companies who want to integrate with us which I think could be exciting.

@richpleeth @kevinmineyours They get longer bud. Get used to it ;)

@guerranatasha We used to use 2000metres to 20metres but now we have switched to walking time as it was easier for users to understand. Thanks for checking it out, glad you like the design

@guerranatasha @richpleeth It's really interesting because we can only be as accurate as Apple location will let us. So it ends up being a trade off between battery and accuracy. For example, in our office, the location api thinks we're 2000m east of where on wifi. We could use super accurate navigation but the problem is that our batteries would go boom boom. So as Rich says, we've moved it to walking location (25mins to 5mins) for the reason that you say, I live 10 mins away from x rather than 1400m. We've also got some really interesting experiements in the pipeline for location :D