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Re: Show HN: Millow – Stay connected with your inner circle

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Post by jsherwani »

epberry wrote: post #78
jsherwani wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great questions! We need to do a better job of answering these questions in the product itself, and we will. For now, here are our answers to your specific concerns: a) We are not going to send any emails or texts to anyone from your contacts. Apps like Gather / IRL spam people for growth, and we would rather earn your trust and grow slowly. b) You can use Millow without ever inviting anyone else on. It can be used i…

Single player mode ftw. I'm really excited about this app.

Yay! It makes us super happy to hear that :) Please write us here or directly if you have any feedback / feature requests / critique!

Re: Show HN: Millow – Stay connected with your inner circle

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Post by jsherwani »

mistircek wrote: post #77

I'm really glad that you pushed out this app, I was looking for something like this. On the other hand, I'm really curious about how you'll make money. I signed up, but if you were asking for some money (either monthly or app purchase fee), I'd feel more secure.

We just added a section to our 'learn more' page to address this important question:

>Millow is not a social network. There is no feed, and no advertising. We designed Millow to be used no more than a few minutes each week. We eventually hope to sustain our business by helping you make reservations at local restaurants and businesses, and making a sliver of revenue from such transactions. This is in support of our goal to stay independent as a company, so we can continue to provide this product for perpetuity, and maintain our focus on our mission of helping you stay connected to your inner circle.

Re: Show HN: Millow – Stay connected with your inner circle

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Post by jsherwani »

hagreet wrote: post #83

I could be wrong but it seems like a simple habit tracker like habitloop would do.

Here's a counter-example. For folks that do intermittent fasting, there's the need to track when you start and stop your fast. It sounds like a simple stopwatch app would solve this problem.

Yet an app like Zero (which is fantastically designed) is still incredibly useful, and has 54k+ reviews, and an average of 5 stars on the App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zero-fasting-tracker/id11683...

Apps designed for specific purposes often trump general purpose apps that don't focus. We feel this is a similar space where a specific kind of solution is better than a general purpose one.

Re: Show HN: Millow – Stay connected with your inner circle

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Post by goatsi »

DiogoMCampos wrote: post #12
JoshTriplett wrote: post #8

Earlier 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.

It already exists: https://github.com/monicahq/monica . I've never used it though, maybe I should actually try it out.

Previous HN discussion about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14497295

Re: Show HN: Millow – Stay connected with your inner circle

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Post by mig4ng »

gomox wrote: post #6

I 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…

> How about something more akin to a personal CRM app where I could unilaterally enter some of my friends and it could help me maintain engagement through reminders or scheduling assistance (or say, location awareness?). I would have downloaded that in a second, and I would posit that a lot of others would as well since most people strongly identify with the "people I wish I had kept in touch more" message.

There is an open source software called Monica[1] that does what you are asking if my interpretation is correct. I have no affiliation with said software, it appeared in [Show HN] some time ago (I think) and while reading your comment I remembered it.

[1] https://github.com/monicahq/monica

Re: Show HN: Millow – Stay connected with your inner circle

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Post by Balgair »

jsherwani wrote: post #39
gomox wrote: post #6

I 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…

Great questions! We need to do a better job of answering these questions in the product itself, and we will. For now, here are our answers to your specific concerns: a) We are not going to send any emails or texts to anyone from your contacts. Apps like Gather / IRL spam people for growth, and we would rather earn your trust and grow slowly. b) You can use Millow without ever inviting anyone else on. It can be used i…

Good freakin Lord! I've been searching for this app for years now! Thank you so much for doing this!

Brett and Kate McKay at ArtOfManliness.com have talked about these 'relationships that don't scale' [0] for a while now. CRM software is perfect for those kinds of friendships, but it always costs too much (~$1/day typically). You app is PERFECT for what I have been looking for! Thank you!

[0]https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/how-to-build-unscale...

Re: Show HN: Millow – Stay connected with your inner circle

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Post by jsherwani »

Balgair wrote: post #88
jsherwani wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great questions! We need to do a better job of answering these questions in the product itself, and we will. For now, here are our answers to your specific concerns: a) We are not going to send any emails or texts to anyone from your contacts. Apps like Gather / IRL spam people for growth, and we would rather earn your trust and grow slowly. b) You can use Millow without ever inviting anyone else on. It can be used i…

Good freakin Lord! I've been searching for this app for years now! Thank you so much for doing this! Brett and Kate McKay at ArtOfManliness.com have talked about these 'relationships that don't scale' [0] for a while now. CRM software is perfect for those kinds of friendships, but it always costs too much (~$1/day typically). You app is PERFECT for what I have been looking for! Thank you! [0] https://www.artofmanline…

This is exactly the kind of thinking that led us to create Millow! Please feel free to reach out to us directly if you have feedback in the future, we'd love to hear from you, as you're our ideal user.

Re: Show HN: Millow – Stay connected with your inner circle

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Post by turc1656 »

gomox wrote: post #6

I 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…

"How about something more akin to a personal CRM app where I could unilaterally enter some of my friends and it could help me maintain engagement through reminders or scheduling assistance"

Exactly this. That's precisely what I was assuming/hoping it would be when I clicked the link. I don't want another social media site or app. I already am basically a ghost on most of the web and don't use any social media sites. HN is the only exception and for a while now it has been the only site I post anything on. I like it that way and don't want something where I have to "connect" to people on and invite them to also use for it to be useful.

EDIT: I just saw some comments below and it appears my assumptions and understanding of the product based on the site were incorrect. It apparently does have "single-player mode" where I can do what I hoped for. Will give it a shot. Note to the developer - this ability is definitely not clear based on the app's website.

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