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App isn't working. I tried to login with Facebook and a new Xperia phone and it just went back to the login screen.
What the best/recognizable way to advertise the someone can write to me using pony. Can there be like ponyto://myusername@ponymessenger.com ?
Thank you, that's a good question. I've been trying to figure that out. The URI scheme is not something that has occurred to me, but that seems like a pretty good idea—at least for tech people. Otherwise, maybe a QR code, or at least getting into services like Linktree, so that logo and concept becomes recognizable. Am I missing anything else?
Thanks for working on this. It reminds me of a social app called Slowly ( https://slowly.app/en/ ) where you write "letters" to people and they are delivered based on the approximate physical distance between them. It's common for letters across countries to take >12 or sometimes even >24 hours. It's led people to a lot of meaningful relationships/friendships, they publish some as stories: https://slowly.app/en/story…
I can't be the only one who thinks this idea is terrible. "What if we make the product worse , perhaps people will like it better?"
Awesome, problem is to convince everyone to use pony. Would be great to move this to for instance browser extensions for slack, gmail, and if techincally possible whatsapp. At least my sending can get scheduled. And maybe also autoresponders. Wont be exactly the same.
Yes, that will definitely be the big challenge. I don't think we will convince everyone . Not everyone wants or needs the type of interpersonal connection that Pony is designed to support. But I think that's okay: my bet is that enough people will appreciate having the Pony option to have made it worthwhile to have built. I wanted it anyway... :) This isn't meant to replace instant communication, but to augment insta…
Okay from a different angle. Im sure you have thought about this:
My point was referring to the challenge of moving people away from their existing communication platforms.
So I wrote down some quick ideas how to move your philosophy which many of us clearly appreciated to our current workflow.
Convincing individuals to your product is something you are clearly succeeding in, but for many of us to convince our social circles to move your product won't be so easy to do.
At least I, and maybe more of us would love this feature in Gmail or whatever e-mail client they are using.
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While an interesting concept, I think it would be much more meaningful to actually write the letter. Make something physical of yourself and send to someone you care about. It's really fun. I love snail mail
I definitely agree in many ways, but a core goal in creating this app was to meet people (including myself) where they are, which today is on our phones and computers.
Few thoughts/comments: - I like the overall idea and execution seems great. It's even free so you're reducing a lot of friction, great job. - My gut reaction is that except in very few settings, once a day delivery is going to be problematic. Perhaps a once an hour, or once every 2-3 hours delivery could be supported. Unfortunately that will defeat the entire purpose, so am not really sure. I guess you'll have to jus…
Thanks a lot for the detailed feedback and kind words yumraj. My thoughts: > once a day delivery is going to be problematic. Perhaps a once an hour, or once every 2-3 hours delivery could be supported. I've gone back and forth on this many times myself. To the point where the backend actually does support two deliveries already :). It's been a really tough call! Ultimately I decided to double down on sticking to the…
I really like the idea; congrats on the launch! I noticed the In App Purchase names are "Massive", "Generous", "Enormous"; I think these are donations (based on your comment in this submission), but I wouldn't know that without visiting the HN thread. If they're donations, I'd change the In App Purchase names to something like "Donation: Massive", etc.