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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
I've been playing with Popcorn messaging and chatting w/ Popcorn_Ryan (its solo founder) for a few months.
IMHO, I don't get a lot of value out of it (yet). There isn't enough context and it's difficult to have an actual conversation. That said, it's a very interesting experiment and I'm curious to see how it evolves.
@carmeldea has a great writeup on th… See more
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Dave Ambrose
@daveambrose · Steadfast Venture Capital
For densely populated areas (ie NYC), this app is a lot of fun. Of my favorite aspects of the product is how it handles your location perimeter in such urban metros, ie in Midtown, I found myself chatting w. a whole group of popcorners (is that what you call users of the app? ;)) than when I traveled to lower Manhattan.
Side note: lots of interesting priva… See more
jedmund
@jedmund · I make things
The map button is pretty frustrating if you're not right-handed.
If you don't have the app: instead of tapping the map button to invoke a view that has to be dismissed, holding the button down temporarily shows a map overlay that goes away when you let go. This button is in the top-right corner of the screen. If you're left-handed, this means you can never… See more