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Hey! If you sign up for the email list, we'll send you a TestFlight beta link for the app and you can invite your friends from within the app.
iOS only?
Yep, iOS only for now
Hmsklt – App to help friends form deeper relationships
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#42For some reason a lot of the comments here are negative and people are suddenly all about extreme screen aversion, but I think the app is great. Kind of like a more engaging private whatsapp group, which most of us have anyway in one way or antoher. Kudos to the team on the launch!
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#43What's the story with the name? How do you pronounce it? The product seems interesting, but I'm not a sharer on social media.
The name is short for "homeskillet," which is a colloquial term of endearment for a good friend. I met my cofounder on an airplane 7 years ago and developed our friendship while each living in distant cities (SF, Taipei, Berlin, London). I called him homeskillet once but he didn't understand the meaning since he's French, so it randomly became our placeholder project name as we bounced around ideas for cool things to…
Thanks for the explanation. Further feedback though, I've never heard this term before, and I consider myself to have a relatively good vocabulary. Here in the UK, "skillet" isn't the most common word either (it's not uncommon, some people do use it, especially referring to cast-iron skillets specifically, but less common than in the US).
At the very least you've got to add the name of the company to the website so that people know it's not just some random letters.
Honestly though, I'd feel silly having to explain this name to anyone so probably just won't.
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#44Hey everyone - we're working on Hmsklt.app to help friends form deeper relationships and more authentic connection. - Join a small group of friends for a 7-day "bonfire" centered around a theme like Daily Gratitudes, Small Moments in Your Day, Weird Fun Stories, Self Love, Childhood Memories, or Highlights + Lowlights. - Each day, the group will get a prompt to respond with short videos — a chance to reflect on the t…
"... Stories, Self Love , Childhood..." I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable posting videos of that to my friends...
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I hope OP takes this as a pivot for the product. Connecting with friends is already solved, connecting with co-workers on a personal level much less so, especially remote.
Not all people want a deeply personal relationship with their co-workers, many would even find being forced to engage in that intrusive. Unfortunately once those bonds are formed between some members of a team, often the team dynamic is shifted weirdly as some people feel forced into the "buddy buddy system"...it's classic now and forcing it into remote work seems like a nightmare
If you're at a place where this would be "forced", then I'd argue that that place is the problem, not the existence of such a product. I can imagine us setting this up as a team, bottom-up, though. (Similar to how e.g. I've been at two organisations where donut.com is available, but it being completely optional in both cases.)
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#461. Tech is not the solution to everything. Am I the only one to notice the absurdity of needing yet another app to "connect with friends"? I can see the use of tech to reach out to people you know from abroad, but... Whats wrong with Facetime or similar tech? 2. The template questions seem overly intrusive to me. I'd much rather answer "any covid hobbies?" then any pre-written gratitude nonesense, esp. in written com…
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not all people want a deeply personal relationship with their co-workers, many would even find being forced to engage in that intrusive. Unfortunately once those bonds are formed between some members of a team, often the team dynamic is shifted weirdly as some people feel forced into the "buddy buddy system"...it's classic now and forcing it into remote work seems like a nightmare
If you're at a place where this would be "forced", then I'd argue that that place is the problem, not the existence of such a product. I can imagine us setting this up as a team, bottom-up, though. (Similar to how e.g. I've been at two organisations where donut.com is available, but it being completely optional in both cases.)
Maybe forced isn't the right term, I'm referring to non-mandated systems that occur organically. Not that I've experienced this too much personally, but I have had co-workers who would often be deliberately left out by management or not given contracts by the project managers (it was the nature of the work that some jobs were better than others, less sketchy ) because they weren't considered "friendly" to them.
Luckily I was social and often made connections with those people, but I didn't feel like it was a fair system. I think it's part of human tribalism, if some group clicks, it can cause repercussions across the whole main group/dept.
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#481. Tech is not the solution to everything. Am I the only one to notice the absurdity of needing yet another app to "connect with friends"? I can see the use of tech to reach out to people you know from abroad, but... Whats wrong with Facetime or similar tech? 2. The template questions seem overly intrusive to me. I'd much rather answer "any covid hobbies?" then any pre-written gratitude nonesense, esp. in written com…
I previously thought technology evolved in order to help humans, now I think it just creates new needs.
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#49Hey everyone - we're working on Hmsklt.app to help friends form deeper relationships and more authentic connection. - Join a small group of friends for a 7-day "bonfire" centered around a theme like Daily Gratitudes, Small Moments in Your Day, Weird Fun Stories, Self Love, Childhood Memories, or Highlights + Lowlights. - Each day, the group will get a prompt to respond with short videos — a chance to reflect on the t…
> It sucks to be connected to thousands of people on social media but still feel so lonely. Having been personally affected by loneliness and mental health, we wanted to build tools to boost mental wellness that are less intense than therapy/medication.
I'm struggling to see how to bootstrap this. Like if one guy in a groups says "hey let's use this new app to become better friends" and the others are just fine with the status quo, won't it be very awkward?
And if the group has decided "hey let's do this to become better friends", do they really need this over a discord, hike or some other activity?
I found it was enough to just talk to people... but I guess my experience is not universal.
Personally I'd find it very awkward to use such an app, it would feel very forced and artificial, but if it helps someone then I say awesome!
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#50I love the spirit, but in all honesty, this is one of those instances where you don't need an app for that. The best ways to build deeper connections with friends don't involve a screen.
Hey! I don't think one goes against the other. Meeting in personne would never be replaced by an app, but with work, kids, distance, it can be really easy to loose touch. This app also focus on questions that you may not have even thought asking your friends or even yourself.
>it can be really easy to lose touch
I use a simple question to determine whether I've "lost touch" with someone or not: do I have a regular or semi-regular urge to talk to that person?
I find the answer is often no. Lots of folks gain and lose friends unexpectedly over time. It's ok! It's natural. It feels (to me) unnatural to feel unhappy about not communicating regularly with a friend: that person is just not as close of a friend anymore.