Asynchronous video discussion forums with infinite threading

Hi Product Hunt! I’m Gregg, one of the co-founders of HiHo. Thank you to @rrhoover for hunting us!

HiHo is an idea I became obsessed with immediately after selling my prior companies, JibJab (in 2018) and StoryBots (to Netflix in 2019). People were more comfortable than ever with face-forward video for communication (Zoom, FaceTime, Instagram Stories), however the world’s largest public discussion forums were exclusively text-based.

What if we could build a platform that enabled asynchronous video discussions organized around an interest-graph? In other words, an app like Reddit or Twitter with a TikTok-esque video interface.

My co-founder @bracco and I spent months working in Figma, solving for every single pixel of the experience to allow for swipeable video navigation, infinite threading, group creation, and more. In June 2020, we were joined by our third co-founder, @gustavo_barcena, and we couldn’t be more excited to now share our work to this incredible community of builders.

Building a social network in 2021 comes with a great deal of responsibility. Aside from all the amazing features we’ve packed in, we’ve also made a number of important decisions around what to leave OUT of the product: like buttons, view counts, camera filters, and predatory algorithms. We want HiHo to remain a place where people feel un-judged so that a diverse group of people feel safe and comfortable participating.

Key features: 🗣 Face-forward video discussions 🧵 Infinite threading like forums ⏰ Asynchronous, not real-time 🤩 Interact with fascinating people 👥 Groups help you find great topics 🚨 Trust and safety tools built-in 🚫 No likes or view counts

Our efforts to build a more civil social experience seem to be paying off. We’re proud of the kindness, positivity, authenticity, and deep human connections HiHo has already facilitated. Seeing the other person you are talking to promotes empathy, understanding, and civility. Our early users have already experienced this magic for themselves (https://bit.ly/3GLBQSF).

We’re incredibly excited for you to try HiHo. Please come give it a spin, meet interesting people, and engage in great conversations. And if you have any feedback or thoughts, please feel free to DM me in the app (search for gregg). I’d love to meet you and have a conversation.

From the entire team at HiHo, thank you!

-Gregg

🎅🏼⚡️ P.S. For a limited time, we’re offering free Santa chats with a world-famous Santa!