I'm curious about how this actually works, geometrically. Example:
A <----> B <----> C
Those are three people. Imagine each segment is 1 mile long. So A can see B; B can see C; but A can't see C. If B and C are having a conversation, does A see B talking to someone who effectively does not exist?
does A see B talking to someone who effectively does not exist?
No, why would you want them to see who else they're talking to? What messaging application allows you to see who other people are privately conversing with??? Not a popular one, I assure you that.
I'm not sure who, but clearly one of us has not understood the purpose of the app under discussion here. My impression is this facilitates public, pseudo-anonymous conversation with anyone in a 1 mile radius of yourself.
Oh, so I am not alone in expecting Chat and IM be a different concept. I would actually like seeing a public Chat among everyone, as it was in good 2000's.
Why not group people into free-form clusters based on user density? So, if you have 5 people that are effectively in the same building, and 3 people that are outside of it in various directions, group those 3 into the 5. This has the effect of forming virtual chat rooms that come and go.
How about a 1 mile (square) zone, rather than 1 mile away from you? So you just cut everything up into mile-square slices, and you can talk with everyone in your slice... Concept is basically the same, but should overcome that issue.
A <----> B <----> C
Those are three people. Imagine each segment is 1 mile long. So A can see B; B can see C; but A can't see C. If B and C are having a conversation, does A see B talking to someone who effectively does not exist?