Show HN: Peeps – Send selfie video messages to groups of friends

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/peeps/id881444366

by tomcavill • 12 years ago

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tomcavill2• 12 years ago

Hi all,

Brief intro to the app. This is something I've made with fellow HNer Alex Edge (@edgeman27). The idea is to make a more personal messaging app, that combines the convenience of texting with the emotional connection of Skype.

Would be interested to hear your feedback or questions. Thanks.

jeffbr13• 12 years ago

I hear Snapchat is quite popular these days...

But, in all seriousness, how is Peeps different from Snapchat, where I can choose who to send videos and photos to?

tomcavill2• 12 years ago

Well it's quite different in that it functions more similarly to a traditional messaging app than SnapChat. In other words -- messages are stored indefinitely so you can view them back; the app's homescreen is a list of your existing messages; and the item you can send is limited to front-cam video only -- there's no choice between back cam, front cam, video or photo. This is in order to make it a very fast way of communicating.

nnnnni• 12 years ago

How exactly does this work? Are the videos being sent to (and maybe saved by) a central server? Are you collecting the phone numbers for later advertising (or other) use? There are potentially a lot of bad privacy implications with this program/service.

It seems interesting, but I'm wary of it for now.

edgeman27• 12 years ago

Hi there, co-founder here. With Peeps, you can start a conversation with a group of contacts without needing to know if they are already signed up. The phone numbers are used to let people know via SMS that you have sent them a video message, and they can view it online to verify that it is, indeed, you. Videos are saved on the server for this purpose and so that recipients can view the message when they log in.

binarydreams• 12 years ago

Is it there on Android ?

Show HN: Peeps – Send selfie video messages to groups of friends

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