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Re: Show HN: I’m an introvert – made an app to help maintain connections with people

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toomuchtodo wrote: post #5

Absolutely love it. Does it support birthday, anniversary, and other special date reminders? Consider cribbing off of the Monica friends CRM [1] for inspiration. Any plans for an iOS version? [1] https://www.monicahq.com/

Thanks! I specifically left date reminders out as I felt these were better handled by a calendar. I have not heard about Monica, but will check it out. As for iOS, not anytime soon; Google is very restrictive when it comes to text messaging and calls and Apple is even more so.

Re: Show HN: I’m an introvert – made an app to help maintain connections with people

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Post by dstick »

binkHN wrote: post #2

Hello hackers. I wrote the app and I hope it can help others like me. I’m not very good at keeping in touch with friend and family. Also, my girlfriend likes little text messages here and there, and I’m not good at sending them. So “there’s an app for that,” right? No, there actually wasn’t. So I made one. I define the app as a smart device automation tool for text messages, calls and email that’ll help you stay in t…

Very nice! Congrats on launching. Pro-tip: do not let others know you have or use this. In general people will instantly devalue your outreaches, even though rationally that makes zero sense. You still think and care about them, but in a way that’s… you.

Re: Show HN: I’m an introvert – made an app to help maintain connections with people

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Post by officialjunk »

29athrowaway wrote: post #7

I do not like the name "CommuniqAI". Think about how a person would recommend this app to a friend. A: "Hey, check this out, it's an app called 'CommuniqAI', it's great". B: "How do I spell that?" A: "C-o-m-m-u-n-i-q..." B: "Sorry, I lost you, start over" A: "It starts the same as Communism, but ism it ends in q-A-I" B: "grrr, fuck it. I am going to install Signal or Telegram" Don't make it harder for people to recom…

or give them a link?

Re: Show HN: I’m an introvert – made an app to help maintain connections with people

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Post by bussiere »

binkHN wrote: post #2

Hello hackers. I wrote the app and I hope it can help others like me. I’m not very good at keeping in touch with friend and family. Also, my girlfriend likes little text messages here and there, and I’m not good at sending them. So “there’s an app for that,” right? No, there actually wasn’t. So I made one. I define the app as a smart device automation tool for text messages, calls and email that’ll help you stay in t…

Hi i'am interested in a subscription model and if you have time an api to consume the data of the app like since how many time i've contacted someone. Add birthday etc ...

Thanks for your work :)

Re: Show HN: I’m an introvert – made an app to help maintain connections with people

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Post by 29athrowaway »

officialjunk wrote: post #14
29athrowaway wrote: post #7

I do not like the name "CommuniqAI". Think about how a person would recommend this app to a friend. A: "Hey, check this out, it's an app called 'CommuniqAI', it's great". B: "How do I spell that?" A: "C-o-m-m-u-n-i-q..." B: "Sorry, I lost you, start over" A: "It starts the same as Communism, but ism it ends in q-A-I" B: "grrr, fuck it. I am going to install Signal or Telegram" Don't make it harder for people to recom…

or give them a link?

That too but the name is an important factor.

Re: Show HN: I’m an introvert – made an app to help maintain connections with people

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Post by kseistrup »

Disclaimer: I haven't installed the app.

Reading the description and seeing the screendumps I get the impression that the app actually does the messaging for you. For me it would be much more valuable to get a reminder to contact people I love and care about. Time runs so fast, I forget it's been a week or two since I last said hello to that person. With a reminder I would be able to keep in touch with people, yet be the one who actually composes and sends the message.

If I have misunderstood the purpose of the app, please forget this comment.

Re: Show HN: I’m an introvert – made an app to help maintain connections with people

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Post by binkHN »

dstick wrote: post #12
binkHN wrote: post #2

Hello hackers. I wrote the app and I hope it can help others like me. I’m not very good at keeping in touch with friend and family. Also, my girlfriend likes little text messages here and there, and I’m not good at sending them. So “there’s an app for that,” right? No, there actually wasn’t. So I made one. I define the app as a smart device automation tool for text messages, calls and email that’ll help you stay in t…

Very nice! Congrats on launching. Pro-tip: do not let others know you have or use this. In general people will instantly devalue your outreaches, even though rationally that makes zero sense. You still think and care about them, but in a way that’s… you.

Thank you! You might want to check out the story I wrote!
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