This bug (Android user can't find iOS user) has already been fixed for the next iOS version.

http://snip.ly/PPun#http://www.coindesk.com/review-getgems-ios-app-review/


Not that positive a review. It just cut and pasted facts and then came to a negative conclusion, why was 'Telegram users receive messages sent on GetGems' a con of the app?. I wonder if Coindesk did the review without Gems input, I feel like a sector of the Bitcoin coin community will have a default negative view of Gems. Its was unfair that the review didn't make clear the app was in almost beta. If it ever becomes clear the Bitcoin community are going to attack Getgems then they should be brushed off honestly. I hope the marketing team in Getgems doesn't focus too much on the gulag of the Bitcoin community and pushes past to 'virgin' territory. Once the app is polished, airdrop is working etc what I would love to see is reviews in Tech magazines like Wired or even completely new communities like e.g Skater Magazines, or a fashion magazines, colleges etc pushing out way beyond Bitcoin.  

I guess it wasn't terrible but it certainly wasn't glowing and it failed to really give credit to what GetGems is trying to achieve in terms of attention economy. Maybe I'm biased but a messenger app that sends an alt and Bitcoin like a text message in a relatively polished app deserves a lot of brownie points simply for being the first to do it.  The reviewer didn't highlight the obvious positives either cause they don't know enough about it or just an inbuilt bias toward a non Bitcoin project, either way I personally don't think it reflects the project positively. Especially as a major focus was on the bugs in the first release when you consider how buggy the early Bitcoin wallets were.

I mean honestly a Bitcoin website should be dancing with joy at a project like Gems that makes Bitcoin truly user friendly and potentially very viral. In my mind its the most exciting project in Bitcoin for the last year or so let alone alts. Personally I'm not concerned cause Gems is a project that if successful will leapfrog the Bitcoin community anyway. I just hope the app is polished and the word gets out sooner rather than later. Timing IS important, I spent a year telling the Qora community that but it fell on deaf ears.

Thats why the app also needs to focus on people outside the bitcoin community once it's ready, through non bitcoin related popular Youtube channels for example or other ways, i found the Coindesk article not that bad tbh. This is just the beginning for this app really, the cool stuff has yet to come.

That is true, but I think you need to understand as well that promoting this app right now to non-Bitcoin users is tricky, in the sense that most people will walk back to Whatsapp as soon as small bugs start occuring. I have already inivited most of my tech savvy friends, but I will wait with iniviting the the masses until it is more stable and most features are working.

Another thing. I checked how much data I have been using over the past weeks and I was quite shocked to see that Getgems almost used a gigabyte of data, while I only use it for a few small chats per day (maximum). This probably has to do with the fact that I have sent a few GIF's, but still I think this is something that should be tackled.

A lot of people have small data bundles and they won't use Getgems if it uses so much data.

Anyone else experiencing this?

I was a little surprised how many bugs turned up in the first iOS just because I thought it would of been more polished before a long wait to get into the Apple store BUT honestly the bugginess of at least the Android app if that's even a word   is a bit overplayed. The app isn't much more buggy than any other app or mobile game I've ever played cause they all tend to crash etc every now and again etc. Generally the app works, period.

So the truth is most people wont run away from an app due to a few bugs. I personally am waiting for the daily airdrop to be in place before I try to convert anyone cause I think this what will hold peoples attention and a few bugs won't change that much I believe. 

And I completely understood why you did what you did...I've yet to see you and your team make a bad decision, trust me I don't ass kiss, I genuinely have confidence in the team.   

Can you give some 'rough' clue on when airdrop might happen?  

Okay good to know!

Erm... never got it. Just double checked.

What version is that? I have 1.1.4.