Ask HN: Feedback on my app idea – Echo – Conversations in the Moment

1 badMonk 6 9/1/2025, 4:07:50 PM
Echo – Conversations in the Moment

You find a video, tweet, or article you care about — and want to talk about it right now with people who get it.

Echo lets you drop a link and instantly connect and talk with others interested in the same thing.

Would you use something like this to discuss the topics you care about? Your feedback on this idea is highly appreciated!

Comments (6)

busymom0 · 9h ago
How is it different from reddit?
badMonk · 8h ago
Thank you for your feedback!

Suppose you read an article online and want to discuss it with someone right then ,on voice, how will you do that on reddit? i feel like reddit is not designed for such real-time voice conversations.

busymom0 · 8h ago
I feel like reddit has a large enough user base that you'd have better luck discussing it with someone in real time compared to on a brand new site with no users.
badMonk · 8h ago
How about if I create a chrome extension? Just click the join button and you join a voice chat discussing the article/webpage you're on.

Also, have you personally ever felt the wish to talk about something you're reading/watching with other people who're reading it too?

vunderba · 8h ago
I've seen things like this float around for a while:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyIdeas/comments/16unakz/chrome_...

The problem with these ideas (in general) is that they suffer from the classic "chicken or the egg" problem. In order for them to provide value, you need to already have a critical mass of existing users but in order to entice new users, you need to already have aforementioned user base.

badMonk · 7h ago
@vunderba thanks for your feedback and the link. i should've checked on google if anything like this exists. yes you're right. the chicken and the egg problem. i wonder if there are any solutions to it.