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How period trackers have changed girl culture

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Re: How period trackers have changed girl culture

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Post by eveningcoffee »

onion2k wrote: post #41
eveningcoffee wrote: post #8

As the app mentioned is free, I would deduce that they try to turn the data about their users cycle into a monetary value. Is there research how certain periods of the cycle would affect women shopping behaviour (or behaviour in general)? I am asking this to understand how much value is in such information. Perhaps there are other aspects I am overlooking?

As the app mentioned is free, I would deduce that they try to turn the data about their users cycle into a monetary value. There are good reasons why people might want to make this sort of app beyond selling the data. There's a huge potential for health care service providers - if women don't need prescription drugs or appointments to see their doctor, and any other medical issues are resolved more easily because the…

The maker of one of such app mentioned, Clue, is a Berlin based startup: https://www.helloclue.com/company.html

I guess that 4 people do not work for free. I understand that There's a huge potential for health care service providers, but how could this company get money out of this? This app is free for everyone. I do not connect the dots why one health care service provider should fund it. So perhaps you could elaborate it from this point of view?

Re: How period trackers have changed girl culture

#102

Post by onion2k »

eveningcoffee wrote: post #101
onion2k wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As the app mentioned is free, I would deduce that they try to turn the data about their users cycle into a monetary value. There are good reasons why people might want to make this sort of app beyond selling the data. There's a huge potential for health care service providers - if women don't need prescription drugs or appointments to see their doctor, and any other medical issues are resolved more easily because the…

The maker of one of such app mentioned, Clue, is a Berlin based startup: https://www.helloclue.com/company.html I guess that 4 people do not work for free. I understand that There's a huge potential for health care service providers , but how could this company get money out of this? This app is free for everyone. I do not connect the dots why one health care service provider should fund it. So perhaps you could elab…

In the case of Clue it looks like they are selling data insights, although it looks more like they're interested in overall trends rather than individuals (caveat: based on their marketing). They're already quite big at 22 staff (the 4 you saw on the site are the founders), and they're still hiring. That's all paid for with VC cash at the moment. I don't imagine they can easily cover that level of burn without targeting enterprise customers once the inventment runs out, which likely will be things like white label apps sold directly to health care providers - in European countries there's often one major provider that's run by the government. Selling a white-labelled app to them that can save the provider a large sum of money wouldn't be that hard.

Re: How period trackers have changed girl culture

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Post by [deleted] »

eveningcoffee wrote: post #101
onion2k wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As the app mentioned is free, I would deduce that they try to turn the data about their users cycle into a monetary value. There are good reasons why people might want to make this sort of app beyond selling the data. There's a huge potential for health care service providers - if women don't need prescription drugs or appointments to see their doctor, and any other medical issues are resolved more easily because the…

The maker of one of such app mentioned, Clue, is a Berlin based startup: https://www.helloclue.com/company.html I guess that 4 people do not work for free. I understand that There's a huge potential for health care service providers , but how could this company get money out of this? This app is free for everyone. I do not connect the dots why one health care service provider should fund it. So perhaps you could elab…

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Re: How period trackers have changed girl culture

#104

Post by golergka »

zeveb wrote: post #96
golergka wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting discussion. What's the definition of "fixed" and "broken" you're implicitly using in your argument?

> What's the definition of "fixed" and "broken" you're implicitly using in your argument? Functionally according to its function. One's digestive organs are meant to digest; one's reproductive organs are meant to reproduce. Reproductive organs which can't reproduce are broken: fixing ones which are broken is indeed healthcare, while breaking ones which are fully-functioning is an elective procedure.

But "function" only exists for something that was created by intellectual being with a goal in mind. How can you define "function" for something that evolved naturally?

Re: How period trackers have changed girl culture

#105

Post by golergka »

mreiland wrote: post #89
golergka wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting discussion. What's the definition of "fixed" and "broken" you're implicitly using in your argument?

stop worrying about definitions, it's a question of intent and life satisfaction for people. What category someone on the internet wants to file that under is irrelevant.

I don't really care about practical implications of such discussion. On the contrary, these definitions seem to be an interesting philosophical topic.

Re: How period trackers have changed girl culture

#106

Post by zeveb »

golergka wrote: post #104
zeveb wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> What's the definition of "fixed" and "broken" you're implicitly using in your argument? Functionally according to its function. One's digestive organs are meant to digest; one's reproductive organs are meant to reproduce. Reproductive organs which can't reproduce are broken: fixing ones which are broken is indeed healthcare, while breaking ones which are fully-functioning is an elective procedure.

But "function" only exists for something that was created by intellectual being with a goal in mind. How can you define "function" for something that evolved naturally?

> But "function" only exists for something that was created by intellectual being with a goal in mind.

That doesn't bother me, since I think it's pretty obvious that there must be a prime mover of some sort.

> How can you define "function" for something that evolved naturally?

What it does. A kidney filters blood (and performs some other functions as well): a kidney which doesn't filter blood is obviously unhealthy. A heart pumps blood: a heart which fails to pump blood is obviously unhealthy. Gonads produce reproductive cells and introduce them to sexual partners: a set of gonads which don't produce such cells, or fail to introduce them to sexual partners, is obviously unhealthy.

At a higher level, an organism is a mechanism for propagating genes. An organism which propagates its genes fulfills its function; one which does not fails to fulfill its function (note that ensuring the propagation of one's relatives' similar genes can count as a partial fulfillment at least).

Re: How period trackers have changed girl culture

#107

Post by mreiland »

dang wrote: post #93
mreiland wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's like a fight between SJW's. Who's the least judgemental! Tune in at 11 and find out! lol

Please don't post unsubstantive comments.

I feel as if you've decided to follow me around and find a reason to go through with your previous threat.

What exactly have I done to warrant this harassment?

Re: How period trackers have changed girl culture

#108

Post by dang »

mreiland wrote: post #107
dang wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please don't post unsubstantive comments.

I feel as if you've decided to follow me around and find a reason to go through with your previous threat. What exactly have I done to warrant this harassment?

The comments I've replied to are ones I ran across randomly browsing the threads, or that users flagged.

The issue is that your comments are problematic, and you need to fix that if you want to continue commenting here. The same applies to everyone.

Re: How period trackers have changed girl culture

#109

Post by eveningcoffee »

onion2k wrote: post #102
eveningcoffee wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The maker of one of such app mentioned, Clue, is a Berlin based startup: https://www.helloclue.com/company.html I guess that 4 people do not work for free. I understand that There's a huge potential for health care service providers , but how could this company get money out of this? This app is free for everyone. I do not connect the dots why one health care service provider should fund it. So perhaps you could elab…

In the case of Clue it looks like they are selling data insights, although it looks more like they're interested in overall trends rather than individuals (caveat: based on their marketing). They're already quite big at 22 staff (the 4 you saw on the site are the founders), and they're still hiring. That's all paid for with VC cash at the moment. I don't imagine they can easily cover that level of burn without target…

Yes, but this one insurance instance is run by the state or directly controlled by the state.

Are women really so naive that they would provide such information to the state?

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