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[adamb_]

Assuming it's a one mile radius for everyone, making it a chat room the app would either need to intersect or union everyone's area... This would make the novelty of the app unusable or pointless, respectively.

[melvinmt → adamb_]

Yeah, I wonder how that works actually. If radius A intersects with B and C but B and C don't intersect with each other, do B and C see A chatting to someone who they don't see?

[mforbes → melvinmt]

That's how mobile radios have always worked... CB, FRS, GMRS, etc. Definitely not a new problem. Repeaters can mitigate the problem somewhat.

[wf → melvinmt]

That's a really great question, my curiosity is also piqued.

[mattberg → melvinmt]

would really like to know more about this as well.

[jaredsohn → adamb_]

A previous app (now defunct) named ChatSquare would group people together based on the nearest Foursquare location.

[jcutrell → adamb_]

Looks like there are "areas" to unlock.