Not sure what to call sessions yet. That said, if “chapp” becomes the reference for that, we’ll run with it. :-)
Responses to your questions:
1. Speed: This really shouldn’t be an issue—and it definitely won’t be a permanent one. It’s just a matter of one node in the cluster misbehaving. We’re working with the people at Modulus to fix this.
2. Click to @mention and Auto-Complete: This is one of many features that’s on our to-do list.
3. More Personal and “Alive”: Eventually, you’ll see active users highlighted in green on their posts, and a sidebar showing the channel participants sorted by active/inactive, and karma.
We’re pretty happy with how the service has been received, so far. We launched on Monday, and there are over 350 registered users. We have lots work to do, and many changes already underway. That said, we’re happy to see some people becoming active, and visit durations seem to be decent.
@pjrvs It's been great having you take part in it from early on—nice to have so many good people trying it out and providing feedback!
@rrhoover We're just really glad you made note of us this morning—and do hope that http://chapp.is/producthunt can be useful to you and your community!
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@karj would love if you took a page out of producthunt's playbook and used oauth for the login so didn't have to create a whole new account just to chat with @rrhoover and co. Was a fun chat!
@mark__a Although we've used OAuth in the past, and agree that it can remove some obstacles, it also has its limitations.
First, it necessitates two means of login—because some don't use Twitter. As such email login still needs to be there. This adds clutter to the overall UX, which we're really working to avoid.
Second, notifications are an important part of Chapp, and those are sent via email. So, users need to provide an email address at some point, just so we can direct their messages to them.
Third, I'm often (personally) uncomfortable giving a new app access to my whole Twitter account. As such, I often don't hit the Allow button—because I'm just not sure about the service, yet.
Finally, we look at this as a strategic decision. We don't want to tie Chapp too closely to Twitter, because we like the idea of retaining autonomy. Our belief is that in doing so, we won't get sucked into another company's trajectory—and can instead take full responsibility for our users' needs.
I know I've carried on. It's just that the OAuth (or Facebook account login) question was one we really thought about. I hope all of this makes sense. :-)
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