Burst

Chat with people you disagree with

2 followers

Chat with people you disagree with

2 followers

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Burst is an app that connects you to people outside your social filter bubble.

Launch tags:iOS•Politics

Launch Team

Ooph. Only way to check it out is with a Google login. Any plans to change that? I was interested in it until I got to that 4th intro pane, and then just deleted the app…

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9yr ago

Burst

Maker

@inxilpro I'm sorry to hear that. Right now we're working on adding more login options, such as Twitter and Facebook logins, which will be available in the next update and I hope you'd give us another chance then. May I ask why you didn't want to use Google though?

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9yr ago

@karimalsaka At the point that I'm checking out an app, there's not enough trust established for me to associate something like my Google account with it. Maybe if I had been able to browse around for a while and been asked to authenticate when I wanted to participate, it would have been different. But typically I will use a special-purpose email address when signing up for something like this, so all social logins are out of the question for me. I recognize that I'm in the minority here, but this sentiment comes up pretty frequently on PH, and most services need to offer an "email login" option eventually because enough people prefer it.

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9yr ago

Rep

The screenshots and images you are using on the App Store and in the app are showing up very fuzzy on my iPhone 7. Neat idea, you should expand on this by creating groups so it's not just 1-1 in the future. Maybe 3-3, any bigger you wouldn't be able to follow. Are you by any chance using fire base as a backend here?

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9yr ago

Burst

Maker

@jeremy_sh Hey Jeremy, thanks for pointing that out we'll fix the images asap. We're working on adding group debating but we wanted to release the first version to get some feedback. and yeah we're using firebase hahah what gave it away? 😁

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9yr ago

Rep

@karimalsaka it auto updates/no pull to refresh. Hope it goes well, excited to see what you guys come up with.

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9yr ago

Resourcy

This is a really good idea but sometimes talking to fanatic people is like talking to a wall. By the way, congratulations on the release!

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9yr ago

Visavis

Maker

@janva255 thanks! Yeah but my guess is fanatic people won't go through the effort of downloading it. Hopefully it'll have more open-minded people than not. For now you can terminate chats. Let me know if you have any suggestions 😄

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9yr ago

Thesio

Hi, I launched an app in May with pretty much the exact same idea: https://www.producthunt.com/post...

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9yr ago

Visavis

Maker

@ferdinandriedl hey, yeah I remember seeing Thesio on Product Hunt, we'd been working on Burst for a while by then. To call it the "exact same" isn't true though. While Thesio asks you a few questions to match you with other people, we let people match on individual topics.

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9yr ago

Thesio

@marawan_1997 Can you send me an e-mail or message me through Twitter? Would be interested to hear about your story.

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9yr ago

Visavis

Maker

@ferdinandriedl sure, I tweeted you. Dms aren’t working

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9yr ago

This is an incredibly powerful idea, and I like the playful feel of the app (makes it feel more like a chat then a confrontation). Really stunning job, guys!! Would love to give better feedback, but y'all gotta show Android some love 😁😁😁

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9yr ago

Visavis

Maker

@jordan_rohrlich thanks a lot man this means a lot to us 😁 we’d love to give Android some love trust me hahaha we already started work on the Android version and I’ll let you know as soon as it’s out! 🚀

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9yr ago

Sensay

This reminds me of the Monty Python where a man goes in to buy an argument 😄 But seriously, I love all chat products and at a timelike this we've never needed to embrace diverse viewpoints and human discourse more 👍

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9yr ago

Visavis

Maker

@arieljalali haha yeah I watched that today and it cracked me up 😆 thanks!

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9yr ago

Visavis

Maker

Hi, I'm Marawan, co-maker of Burst. Our goal is to build an app that connects you to people outside your social filter bubble. It's important to see both sides of the story from people just like you, and to realise that deep down you have more in common than you expected. We'll be here all day to answer any questions you may have. This is our first big app and any feedback is appreciated. 😄

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9yr ago

@marawan_1997 Love this idea! When is it coming to Android?

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9yr ago

Burst

Maker

@marawan_1997 @arunsathiya Thanks, Arun. We have a rough Android version but since we're only two people working on this we decided to focus on iOS for the time being. We're planning to start working on the Android version soon though. 🚀

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9yr ago

@marawan_1997 @karimalsaka cannot wait to see it!

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9yr ago

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