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Derek Ross derekross@grownostr.org 1 year ago
๐Ÿš€ Introducing YakBak โ€“ The Voice of Nostr: Yak and reply Bak! This is a new experimental app, built via "Advanced Prototyping". ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ What it does: Record voice messages up to 60 seconds and post them publicly. Your messages are automatically uploaded to your default Blossom server or to blossom.band if none is set. React to voice messages you enjoy. Reply to others with your own 60-second voice messages. Zap messages by adding @Nostr Wallet Connect in Settings. Delete your voice message events any time. (Still working on full audio deletion via Blossom /DELETE endpoint โ€“ help welcome!) ๐ŸŽง Whether you're sharing a quick thought, vibing with your feed, or just saying GM with your voice, YakBak lets your voice be heard on Nostr. Try it out now: ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://yakbak-orcin.vercel.app (YakBak.app coming soon.) More features (like selecting your Blossom server, audio deletes) are on the way. Feedback, bug reports, and PRs always welcome!
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YakBak is a modern social platform built on the Nostr protocol that allows users to share and interact with voice messages. - derekross/yakbak

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Derek Ross derekross@grownostr.org 1 year ago
There's apparently a mobile UI bug with dark and light modes making it hard to see the buttons for playing and recording with Kiwi browser.
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Matt mattyb@plume.website 1 year ago
I like the sound of this, brilliant idea. I am yet to enjoy the pleasure of talking with you all via that chat room app (someone remind me the name please?), but I can actually see myself using this frequently.
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cargodog 1 year ago
Cool idea, but I wonder if 60s is too long
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YODL yodl@nostr.land 1 year ago
Would be nice if these voice things had some sort of non-annoying voice scrambler for privacy... maybe I'm too paranoid, but I don't like my voice out there as an anon account :/
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TKay tkay@bitcoindistrict.org 1 year ago
Highly recommend changing the 60 seconds down to some stupid specific number. Like 47 or something like this. People are weird and respond to weird shit like this. Remember vine?
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karo 1 year ago
NO WONDER THE NAME WAS SO FAMILIAR! it's been bugging me ๐Ÿ˜›
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karo 1 year ago
that would be nice. I like this idea.
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Gregor 1 year ago
60sec seem a bit long anyway. 47 is a prime, right? Even 46 or three quarter 45 feel more safely familiar to me, go all out with a prime though
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TKay tkay@bitcoindistrict.org 1 year ago
Yeah 60 is long. I hate listening to voice messages from my family that are too long and keep me waiting while Iโ€™m forced to listen.
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Derek Ross derekross@grownostr.org 1 year ago
A maximum of 60 seconds doesn't mean you have to use all 60 seconds. Some people will say this is too short and want more time, probably up to 3 or 5 minutes.
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Gregor 1 year ago
When you have no idea, you ask for more.
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๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ whoever loves Digit 1 year ago
Fragmenting nostr kinda like Olas did Why not just attach a voice note to a kind 1 post and maybe use a hashtag like voicestr to help sort it from music posts etc? All a new app like this does is split people up into separate groups like Olas tried to do, which is never helpful on its own, especially while nostr is struggling to grow to critical mass Anti-user bullshit should be expected from you though. After all, you repeatedly gaslit me and muted me when I called you out for saying hashtags worked perfectly on nostr (they didn't) - then later, while already having me muted, you said hashtags can never work (they can) View quoted note โ†’
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TKay tkay@bitcoindistrict.org 1 year ago
I personally think shorter forces creativity and effort vs rambling. Creative people like the constraints. e.g. the 140 characters of Twitter. Other people like long format.
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