Hacker News Reader

The "example" provided on the learn more page doesn't do a good job selling the product AT ALL https://d262ilb51hltx0.cloudfront.net/max/2000/1*GY0-4kj3QJu...

It's literally two people saying "Oh, now our conversation is public, what should we talk about?"... "I don't know, but at least we can do it publicly".

Yay?

BuzzFeed tried out the app and came to the conclusion that they had no idea what the point is either.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mathonan/a-new-messaging-app-called-...

Multiple conversations out in the open. If I'm not too un-hip, I believe this is like a new and advanced version to replace Twitter.

*I edited my comment shortly after minimaxir responded and didn't realize. I basically was trying to figure out what the app. is and why it's popular.

People are talking about it because the tech elite are talking about it / funding it without adequate disclosure. (once again, you can blame Product Hunt: http://i.imgur.com/f189Plp.png)

i.e. the same as Peach and everything else before it, and likely will suffer the same longevity. Atleast Peach had a 5 star rating in the App Store before failing miserably, while Talkshow apparently has 2.5 stars now.

Hashtags as an App