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arto64 OP t1_j1wq9ai wrote

Reply to comment by GentlewomanBastard in High-Five strangers over the internet by arto64

I made this during the lockdowns. Any chat function would inevitably open the way to negative interactions. A high five can only be positive.

The backend is very minimalistic, and uses an IP geolocation database, geolocation being a kind of affirmation that it is a person you are interacting with.

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Tell-Me-To-Work t1_j1wx70v wrote

I pressed the high five button and then I placed the phone against my naked bottom. Someone in Japan high fived my bare arse.

How are you going to deal with that?

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arto64 OP t1_j1x2zdu wrote

Hm, I could try some type of AI touchscreen-arse detection, then I can run a heavy JavasScript loop to sufficiently heat up the phone battery , which should make you remove the phone from your arse.

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sgrams04 t1_j1wyfeh wrote

He obviously didn’t test this thoroughly

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GentlewomanBastard t1_j1wsscv wrote

I see. Maybe there could me a minimalist message picker or something? Like you could hit the high five button and then choose one of five messages to send along with it?

That would keep it simple and without negativity, but still increase the interaction a bit more.

Just a thought!

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[deleted] t1_j1wxdvr wrote

I think it would just ruin the concept. Some things are better remained simple.

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sgrams04 t1_j1wyhgo wrote

Agreed. Leave it be a high five and only that

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TupperCoLLC t1_j1yc3na wrote

Why not just use discord or reddit or any number of other places if you want to chat with new people? Not saying this as a diss but I think that would take the website away from its real intent.

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GentlewomanBastard t1_j1zhgj1 wrote

Not trying to have full on conversations to meet people — just low stakes interactions!

Honestly it just felt to me like the high fives were empty and I was trying to think of a way to make them feel more meaningful.

Discord is something completely different.

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TupperCoLLC t1_j1zjq1c wrote

Discord has always felt pretty low risk to me at least. Just don’t be an idiot on it obviously

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OldButHappy t1_j1xs054 wrote

Genius! You've distilled social media to pure 'likes'!

Thank you.😁

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