Postmodern.

Anonymous, short, ephemeral conversations with others

6 followers

Anonymous, short, ephemeral conversations with others

6 followers

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Postmodern is the app for anonymous, short, ephemeral one-on-one conversations. Explore the void.

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Launch tags:Android•iOS•Tech

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Backdrop Beta

Just used the app and let me just say, you have a lifelong user in me. I absolutely love it. The design is fluid and responsive. The general idea works beautifully well. I am eager to see how it scales. In future I’d like to see if the person who posed the question is online, away or will be back in 5mins.

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5yr ago

Postmodern.

Maker

@kamnelechukwu Thanks for the friendly words and for the useful feedback! Your pain-point is mine too -- when I respond to a Prompt I want that conversation to start *now*. The dream is to deliver the user into an active conversation with the "best" person for them as soon as they decide they want to talk. (If you've ever played online timed chess where people are matched based on Elo score, the idea is similar.)

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5yr ago

Backdrop Beta

So I love your product it’s almost ridiculous how much I have used it. I just thought of an idea that I can see PM scale to- maybe a feature suggestion where it’s like people leave voice notes no names just conversations. Also I hate that a conversation ends and I cannot reopen it if I choose to continue it.

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5yr ago

Backdrop Beta

Also if there’s a better place where I can leave notes or feedback let me know, in the meantime I’ll just keep leaving them here.

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5yr ago

@kamnelechukwu i think that's the beauty of it- the ending of conversations.

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5yr ago

MetaSurvey

@kamnelechukwu Yeah, Product idea looks fresh and clear. And I love bright branding and logo. Congrats with the launch!

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5yr ago

Wow this is really cool, is there a way for users to continue conversations past the specified time or to reignite conversations?

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5yr ago

Postmodern.

Maker

@advaithnair Hi Advaith! Thanks for the note. Once a conversation is over, it's over forever. But when a conversation has under 1 minute remaining, if both you and your conversation partner agree, the conversation can be extended by 5 minutes.

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5yr ago

The idea is great. Wanted to try it, but didn’t receive a message with verification number. Does it work now only for the US numbers? I tried with a phone number from Latvia 😊

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5yr ago

Postmodern.

Maker

@starkovio Hi Denis, it should work for any number, but there might be something strange going on. If you shoot a message to hello [at] postmodern.app I can create an account for you on the backend. Sorry for the inconvenience and a big thank you for the head's up!

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5yr ago

Commons

wild concept, love it @metabright! Some ideas - audio notes instead of text? - conversation duration is kind of hard to grok in an async exchange - how about number of replies as a constraint?

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5yr ago

Postmodern.

Maker

@pattyjburns Appreciate the thoughts, Patrick! Voice notes are definitely appealing and it's something we might do. The reason I like text is that a person's gender, ethnicity, age, and ability can remain hidden much more easily. (The gender piece is huge. I didn't want to build a magnet for creepy guys.) Downside is that intimacy and tone are sacrificed. It's something I'm still pondering. Excellent point on the challenge of conversation duration in this kind of setup. It's something that I *think* will be mostly resolved with better partner matching -- most critically both people being online simultaneously. I love the alternative you propose though about alternative constraints. Thank you!

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5yr ago

Do you, does someone at your end or connected to your end, record or store conversations? Specifically, the content of conversations? Does, or can, Firebase collect, record, store the content of conversations? (I read https://postmodern.app/privacy )

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5yr ago

Run

Nice idea. I understand that the ?makers want to keep the product as minimal as possible at the beginning but I'd love to see the following features added: - Web app version (I personally don't like typing on a smartphone). - Audio conversations. - Ability to filter conversations by language.

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5yr ago

Love this, a few questions: * Are you adding E2E? * Are the phone numbers currently encrypted at rest in Firebase? * Do you disable screenshots? * Where are your servers hosted?

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5yr ago

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