This is cool! I fully get the appeal of texting for journaling as I did that a lot with Signal. For a while now I have been working on a different way to capture this text yourself-powered journaling with my app tetr. It acts as a standalone app but employs a similar texting-based journaling system where you can set regular messages to be sent to you (even with stuff like checkboxes for routine tasks). It’s also offline-first so data stays on your devices (and will employ e2ee sync once that’s out).
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#12The page says "14-day Free trial. No Credit Card Required." but there is no mention of any pricing page. What happens once the trial is over? Does the boy just stop sending messages?
"boy" is obviously a typo. But can be seen as a reference to Amazon Mturk kind of automation by delegating to a human.
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're right. WhatsApp Business API has a cost (which varies depending on country and type of message the Business initiates). I'm hoping to recover the cost through monthly subscriptions.
And I think you can do more about E2E encrypting it. Or at least trying to. At some point, people don't want plaintext journals floating around stored permanently. Although I know it starts as cleartext on whatsapp's servers
Easy to say, very difficult to implement it right (and implementing it not right is diffcult AND useless). Also, let's be clear here, whatsapp E2EE is a joke.
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Whats the goal will replying with AI slop?
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
And I think you can do more about E2E encrypting it. Or at least trying to. At some point, people don't want plaintext journals floating around stored permanently. Although I know it starts as cleartext on whatsapp's servers
Easy to say, very difficult to implement it right (and implementing it not right is diffcult AND useless). Also, let's be clear here, whatsapp E2EE is a joke.
> whatsapp E2EE is a joke
Could you please elaborate why (in detail)?
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're right. WhatsApp Business API has a cost (which varies depending on country and type of message the Business initiates). I'm hoping to recover the cost through monthly subscriptions.
And I think you can do more about E2E encrypting it. Or at least trying to. At some point, people don't want plaintext journals floating around stored permanently. Although I know it starts as cleartext on whatsapp's servers
> people don't want plaintext journals floating around stored permanently
this is facebook. they're data-mining pictures of your dog for money. I don't think privacy/safety is expectable with meta
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#18This is cool! I fully get the appeal of texting for journaling as I did that a lot with Signal. For a while now I have been working on a different way to capture this text yourself-powered journaling with my app tetr. It acts as a standalone app but employs a similar texting-based journaling system where you can set regular messages to be sent to you (even with stuff like checkboxes for routine tasks). It’s also offl…
Hey! Looks great. Will give it try for sure.
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#19Congrats for the launch!
Apologies for the self-promotion, but I've done something similar for Telegram, and I believe some people here might be also' interested in that.
I also wanted to record more of my life, so I created a Telegram bot that saves all messages you send it into a Google Spreadsheet.
Hashtags can be used to split the text into sheets and columns, if so desired. Besides jotting down quick thoughts, this is very handy for short-form journaling such as tracking expenses, workouts, mood, period, weight, diet, etc., with the added bonus of easy charting and summarization from within the spreadsheet. It also supports pictures and other attachments that are uploaded automatically to Google Drive and linked into the spreadsheet.
Feel free to check it out, it's free of charge and does not require any registration: https://t.me/gsheet_notes_bot
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#20The page says "14-day Free trial. No Credit Card Required." but there is no mention of any pricing page. What happens once the trial is over? Does the boy just stop sending messages?
It's mentioned right below "14-day Free Trial" but I need to make it more obvious.
"You can try THB out for 14 days for absolutely free. At the end of the trial period, you can choose between our monthly ($5 per month) or annual ($48 per year) subscription plans."
I have also added it in the bot before you subscribe to the free trial. Thanks for the feedback.