Show HN: Status – an automatic away message for your phone

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Hey HN, Status was built by Egomotion (YC S11), and I was interested in getting the community's feedback after our debut on Product Hunt, where we ranked #1 in December. Since then, we've added messaging and a few other non-deterministic statuses. Happy to share information about the app. Direct link to the website here: trystatus.com

I had to laugh when I saw the needwant.com guys in screenshots your website.

1) Only half joking question - a) did you ask John/David for permission to use their icons? b) Are they users of Status?

I installed status a while ago and found it really useful for my girlfriend knowing how close I am to home when on a run/driving/...on my way. It saved a lot of "sorry, running 15 minutes late" surprises, but I failed to get my coworkers on it (I last tried motivating them ~4 months ago).

2) Have you seen any ways it helps businesses or groups of people that work together? Had enough positive experiences that "just worked" with my gf where I'd love to be able to motivate my coworkers.

1) Yes, they built the site! 2) Yeah, Bloomberg Beta and a few YC companies are using it in the coworker context. What we need to fix is making privacy work better - not all colleagues want to share status outside of the workplace. Admittedly teams are not really our focus right now but we're getting feedback that it could be very useful tied in with a desktop client.

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