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Context: we met each other, then built it in three days on a bus from SF->Austin. We're working on it!

We want to bring the fun of anonymous IRC group chat to the next generation.

I guarantee it will take more than three days to perfect, but thanks for your comments! :)

IRC isn't about being anonymous. Its about having a simple protocol that makes chat portable and easy to make on the fly.

Agreed. Innovation around communication is welcomed and all of that, but this is not doing anything to stop the trolls. Anonymous chat on the internet with no provisions to control spam / garbage = useless.

We're deploying troll-proofs by the minute. We went live with this as an MVP. GhostOps are on their way, sticking to agile CD style for this.

I fail to see how that is different than IRC.

Depends on the channels you participate in. I tend to stick to the *dev channels, which have always leaned towards civil discussion.