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I'm not what's more disturbing. The fact that it secured 1.2M or the mental gymnastics that people are doing to justify the existence of this app.
by fmendez 12y ago
I'm not what's more disturbing. The fact that it secured 1.2M or the mental gymnastics that people are doing to justify the existence of this app.
- fizwhiz 12y agoThis.
- prawn 12y agoNot sure if this is a typical forum comment or an observation on the meaning that can be given with a single word.
- qu4z-2 12y agothe meaning that can be given with a single word. Very little in this case. There's a reason simple "This" comments are discouraged on HN. Having said that, I do agree that single words can contain a lot of meaning at times. This just ... isn't a great example.
- notwedtm 12y agoAgreed.
- prawn 12y agoTens of thousands of people are finding some use for it, even if it's just novelty. I could imagine yo'ing my wife to say "Thinking of you" while at work, or my brother to say "Not up to much if you want to Skype", etc. I think they could easily start with something curious like this and then slowly extend it to something else (e.g., single word/term conversation elements where you get more choices the deeper the conversation goes). How many naysayers were there (and still!) with something like Twitter? Yet I use Twitter many times each day.
- notwedtm 12y agoYep.
- pizza 12y agoeverything needs to be justified