AWKWARD

Watch awkward, blurred videos of people confessing stuff

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Watch awkward, blurred videos of people confessing stuff

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Product Hunt

There's no way I'll confess anything salacious, considering everyone seems to call me out on Secret (which is just text). :P @jonasbrandau what do you think about masking the identity even more with voice filters and face pixelation (or something similar)? I can't imagine anyone sharing anything too secretive on Awkward as the voice isn't masked and the faces are still somewhat recognizable with the subtle blurring.

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12yr ago

Klima

Maker

@rrhoover Interesting thoughts! And you're right, people within your network will probably be able to tell who you are. So we are actually thinking about using geo location to make sure your confession will only be visible to people that are NOT close to you. Awkward is about sharing embarrassing stories with the world, not with your network. That being said, for the next release we are going to increase the maximum blur level to give users more control over anonymity.

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12yr ago

Product Hunt

@jonasbrandau geo-location segmentation could help but it still gives me doubt that my friends back in Oregon won't see it and if there's any doubt at all that I'll be "revealed" I won't share anything too secretive. Using one's Facebook or contact list connections might be more safe.

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12yr ago

Startup Stash

@rrhoover As stated above, perhaps don't touch the voices but I guess pixelation works a little better (as an extra) to conceal identity.

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12yr ago

Backchannel

oh man. this is going to be hard to watch (but also hard to avoid!) what next? blurred confessions in church? OH LAWD!

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12yr ago

Dododex

I hate that their domain doesn't match their actual app name. But otherwise, love the app. Really interesting use of music in the background of the entire experience.

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12yr ago

Klima

Maker

@danlev I totally aggree with you! Unfortunately awkward.com is used for some crappy family photos =/ But we'll get that domain sooner or later!

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12yr ago

Honor Care Network

@jonasbrandau lol let's post it to producthunt - http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/

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12yr ago

Startup Stash

this is awesome, as @marckohlbrugge said this is much more intimate, hearing people's voices really adds something to the experience. Love the fact you don't have to signup.

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12yr ago

Klima

Maker

@bramk Hey Bram! Happy to hear that you like the concept. Some say we should add voice filters, but we actually believe that hearing 'real' voices adds to the magic of our content.

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12yr ago

Startup Stash

@jonasbrandau Agree, real voices are awesome cause you don't see who the person is :) one comment though: when I exit, kill the app and start it up again, the intro screen with howto/video plays again.

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12yr ago

Klima

Maker

Here's a personal message from us to you guys, the @ProductHunt community, using @Awkward_App ;-) http://www.awwkward.com/60582023

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12yr ago

Product Hunt

@jonasbrandau well played, Jonas. That made me smile.

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12yr ago

Flow

The music thing is so interesting. Found it made a couple of the videos hard to hear but served two purposes: Worked as a jingle- will always associate that music with this app. Created a kind of consistency through the whole experience- set the tone, wasn't porn music, wasn't epic classical music. Very effectively communicated the culture of the app.

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12yr ago

Klima

Maker

@MackFlavelle Thanks Mack, we are working on normalizing audio levels to ensure that you can hear every word! :)

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12yr ago

I think this must be the third time this week that an app has been promoted and which I think sounds great, so read about it, then go take a look at getting the app and then find "not available in your country".

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11yr ago

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