IRC + Threads make better communications - Pizzatimes.org

IRC + Threads make better communications - Pizzatimes.org(hozumi.github.com)

31 points by t_hozumi 14 years ago | 18 comments

wylie 14 years ago |

This argument seems like it follows a fallacy. A chat room is simple. Threads are simple. Therefore combining them must be simple too!

SpikeX 14 years ago |

Honest feedback: The UI is extremely confusing, the whole site needs to be proofread for spelling/grammar, and the name doesn't really describe or even hint at what the product does.

It's a really good idea in concept, but the execution could have been much better.

spelunker 14 years ago | |

Agreed. The UI is very hard to understand, especially, and the name makes no sense.

sidmitra 14 years ago |

If i understood this correctly, then perhaps Convore does this exactly? https://convore.com/

But it's now pretty much defunct, due to scaling issues, and the founders concentrating on Grove.io it seems.

nnq 14 years ago |

1. Make a mechanism to allow up/down-voting of comments and allow the display of high karma comments in a static list that someone can scan right away... finding useful information in a chatroom is overwhelming and requires 100% engagement... irritating at least if the user multitasks while visiting your site

2. Please no chatroom on the front page! ...it's overwhelming and annoying ...just a list of threads please.

(All in all cool idea, whether it takes off or not! ...at least it brings new genes into the selection pool for evolving better online communication tools and metaphors...)

y3di 14 years ago | |

Hey, I've been working on a similar concept that does exactly what you suggested. Take a look: http://ec2-50-16-106-77.compute-1.amazonaws.com/0

SpikeX 14 years ago | | |

Needs a breadcrumb path and/or an intuitive way to go up a level, but otherwise that is pretty cool. :)

Schlaefer 14 years ago | |

Wouldn't voting destroy the nature of it and just create another digg/reddit/hacker news … ?

If there's to much information in one room: just build a subroom.

y3di 14 years ago |

Cool stuff T!

The nested threads idea is pretty neat, I've been working on something similar and it's also very alpha. (The site doesn't even have a real domain). Check it out here: http://ec2-50-16-106-77.compute-1.amazonaws.com/0

ipmb 14 years ago |

We had the same struggles with IRC and built Ginger to deal with them. It's a threaded discussion tool with realtime capabilities. https://gingerhq.com

alexchamberlain 14 years ago |

I like the idea, but you MUST get people to sign up before they can post!

Todd 14 years ago | |

Agreed. Right now, there's a very low S/N ratio with all the anon posts.

pabloPXL 14 years ago | |

Never heard of anonymous image boards :?

moe 14 years ago |

Well, looks like a plain old forum with auto-refresh to me. Except that I can see only one thread at a time. And that the UI is pretty horrible...

Bjartr 14 years ago | |

The novelty I see is the ability to indefinitely nest threads.

username3 14 years ago |

http://chat.stackoverflow.com/

Rickasaurus 14 years ago |

Sounds like 4chan but with a better interface.