Cool.
I am checking your site. The topic is super interesting.
Which are the differences with Monica [1]?
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#12I find the pitch story compelling and the idea intriguing, but having people download an app for it strikes me as frictional and a bit invasive. Essentially you are asking me to volunteer relationships that are usually in a somewhat fragile state (i.e. valued but undermaintained) to some impersonal external system that's going to send growth-hack-like e-mails to them and ask them to download apps. How about something…
Likewise! I would love to have a "personal CRM" if it was well done. Preferably integrated with my phone's contact database, but also usable via my computer with a real keyboard.
It already exists: https://github.com/monicahq/monica.
I've never used it though, maybe I should actually try it out.
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#13I find the pitch story compelling and the idea intriguing, but having people download an app for it strikes me as frictional and a bit invasive. Essentially you are asking me to volunteer relationships that are usually in a somewhat fragile state (i.e. valued but undermaintained) to some impersonal external system that's going to send growth-hack-like e-mails to them and ask them to download apps. How about something…
Likewise! I would love to have a "personal CRM" if it was well done. Preferably integrated with my phone's contact database, but also usable via my computer with a real keyboard.
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Likewise! I would love to have a "personal CRM" if it was well done. Preferably integrated with my phone's contact database, but also usable via my computer with a real keyboard.
Garden: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/garden-stay-in-touch/id12304...
There are plenty similar ones: https://www.paintnite.com/blog/apps-keep-in-touch-friends/
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#15The learn more page is brilliant and insightful. I haven't heard the term "commemorative friends" before and I agree that this is a real problem with Facebook (they have many, but the bottom line is they just fucked up the signal to noise ratio in order to make an extra buck, and they're on the defensive because of it now).
So I agree there's a real problem here that needs solving (help me nurture the relationships that really matter, protect me from attempts to distract me while I do this). But I wouldn't install an app for it under any circumstances, my engagement with the brand ends immediately when I realize that has to happen. The industry has simply betrayed our trust too many times. It doesn't help that most people already have too many apps on their phone and are trying to cut those down a bit. This is a challenge for newcomers I know but it's real.
Maybe do a web version and make it feel more like a personal productivity tool than a social network. I don't mean make it about being productive, but social media has such a stink at this point and is so synonymous with "creep garbage into my life after hitting critical mass" that I would try a different positioning.
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#16I find the pitch story compelling and the idea intriguing, but having people download an app for it strikes me as frictional and a bit invasive. Essentially you are asking me to volunteer relationships that are usually in a somewhat fragile state (i.e. valued but undermaintained) to some impersonal external system that's going to send growth-hack-like e-mails to them and ask them to download apps. How about something…
Likewise! I would love to have a "personal CRM" if it was well done. Preferably integrated with my phone's contact database, but also usable via my computer with a real keyboard.
"personal CRM" - this fits exactly with what followup.cc is doing and what you described. The only downside is that it only works with GMail and Chrome(mium).
I use it and have found it really useful.
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#17I'd be really interested in purchasing something like this as an Outlook add-in. I try to keep all my contacts in Outlook and synced/backed up with CalDav.
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#18This doesn't seem to need any of the information actually uploaded anywhere - it's just a list of my connections, used by me?
So does that mean I can be sure that none of my "social graph" or personal information is ever used for any purpose such as advertising?
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#19Trying to solve problem that I don't have (feel). But like the website and UI of the app.
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#20Here's my question off the bat: Facebook is known for using Onavo to find networks that take off and then buying them (I forget names - tbh was it?). I know of course this early in the process you don't know what the future holds, but are you open to acquisition by Facebook? I place a very high value on using the product depending on that answer.
Everyone is not open to being aquired by Facebook until they get a $10B offer. Even if they say no now, that’s no guarantee for the future.