Show HN: From an idea to the Valley in less than a month

Show HN: From an idea to the Valley in less than a month
shareme-app.com

Why should I use your service if none of my friends are?

For example, I feel that a sharing app that let's people know "Ah. John's not answering the phone because he's in the middle of a meeting with Mr F Barbaz" is the wrong way to deal with others. There's no need for people to have that information, and there's no need for me to explain to people why I am not answering. I am simply not available.

I wrote, somewhat tangentially, about the need for a new 'not available' social norm in a piece about long haul flights: http://blog.jgc.org/2010/06/archive-of-my-newstilt-stories.h...

To me these sharing status apps are a sign of an unhealthy idea that people are always available unless they come up with some good reason not to be. The only people who might actually need to know where I am because of some emergency are few in number (my parents, my spouse, my boss) and they can always SMS me a '911' text message.

PS None of that should be seen as a criticism of this person's app or work. There may be a large market for this which simply excludes me.

PPS It's worth thinking through what are the 'acceptable' reasons for not answering a call. In a meeting? On the toilet? Thinking? Writing code? Staring out the window letting your mind wander? And who makes that judgement. To me the simplest solution is to not answer when I don't want to and not be accountable to others for why I did not answer.