Hey folks, thanks for upvoting.. MASSIVELY appreciated!
I made Swarmly because I wanted a location sharing app that was about more than just me and my friends - I wanted to see a live map of my whole city or country! Every time I open google maps and it has nothing on it... I die a little inside. Maps should have more than stationary things on it. There should be people, friends and places - things happening right now. The goal here is to create a real time shared map of the globe, a new way to discover and share the world around us - as it happens - and not confined to some news stream.. but actually contextualized for the physical world.
I would love to know your thoughts and feedback, or if you wish to contact us privately you can get me on marco at swarmly dot co
Marco.
@chrismessina hey chris :)
Plazes was web based. humans are lazy, anything that requires manual updates is hard to justify.
Sonar was about connecting people based on interests or was only useful if you were near people who had the app installed or were in your networks.
Swarmly is more about discovery by shared location on a large scale - its always changing, people are in constant motion and you can see the whole world. It's more about real time context for the physical world than the individual. There is no private or personal data shared with anyone, its just anonymous passive location.
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Marketing slogan: "If you have drunk friends, you need Swarmly" ... I'm sold
@liora_ is this ios or android? all the permissions are required just to make the minimum product work, its just the nature of location. if you let me know what one you are concerned about I can let you know why we ask for it? :)
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@marcode@liora_ Android
- Device ID & call information
- Wi-Fi connection information (shouldn't location be sufficient?)
- Camera
- Photos/Media/Files
I'm not too familiar with Android vs. iOS programming, I know this is possible on iOS -- but for Camera/Media, can you ask for those perms when you actually need them? It's just too much to ask of me upfront before you've proven your value prop.
@infdaze hi infdaze. if you are having trouble connecting a social account, you should be able to register ok with an email address.. unless perhaps something went wrong and thats the same email as your social account. Can you try registering with an account un-associated with any social account previously tried? apologies, we will take a look at that!
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The description says "Swarmly... requires no sign-up" but I can't figure out how to get past the sign-up screen without signing up. Is a 'Not now' option missing? I want to try it without signing up first! (not that I don't trust you - I'm curious to know what it can do without my private info)
@hooshd Sorry we need to remove that from the app description. We did at one point have anon sign on the iOS build but made more sense to remove that than convert people into "full" accounts after we added later functionality like friends list and sharing location outside the app. We don't actually take any personally identifiable information unless you chose to upload a picture of your actual face or have a personally identifiable email address, but that isn't shared with anyone.
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