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Re: Show HN: Nudges.fyi – simple, unmissable reminders via phone/text/email

#32
Something to consider: Make it possible to create a nudge without signing up. I would even go as far as making the homepage the interface to setup a notification (with ample explanatory text). I think it's much more likely to catch on that way.

You can include a magic link in the notification so the user can manage it without an account.

Re: Show HN: Nudges.fyi – simple, unmissable reminders via phone/text/email

#33
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You are suffering the HN hug of death, AxiosError: Network Error on your dashboard after auth0 login.

I'm not able to reproduce this, unfortunately. Can I trouble you to send a screenshot to tim@nudges.fyi so I can investigate?

sent, could be a local configuration. Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Nudges.fyi – simple, unmissable reminders via phone/text/email

#35

Why not use Apple Reminders?

I responded to this in a comment below[0], but essentially, this tool:

  - Can call you with a reminder, which can be more powerful than notifications
  - Works across platforms
  - Will eventually support more integrations, such as calendars, webhooks, and telegram/whatsapp/etc.
[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33448262

Re: Show HN: Nudges.fyi – simple, unmissable reminders via phone/text/email

#36

Something to consider: Make it possible to create a nudge without signing up. I would even go as far as making the homepage the interface to setup a notification (with ample explanatory text). I think it's much more likely to catch on that way. You can include a magic link in the notification so the user can manage it without an account.

Wouldn't that open it up to tampering?

Re: Show HN: Nudges.fyi – simple, unmissable reminders via phone/text/email

#38

Something to consider: Make it possible to create a nudge without signing up. I would even go as far as making the homepage the interface to setup a notification (with ample explanatory text). I think it's much more likely to catch on that way. You can include a magic link in the notification so the user can manage it without an account.

I considered this, but I'm trying to be extra careful about my email/phone providers disabling my account over spam/etc. Perhaps a CAPTCHA would help?

Thanks for the feedback ... I'm still not convinced because of spam concerns, but I'm definitely going to give this more thought!

Re: Show HN: Nudges.fyi – simple, unmissable reminders via phone/text/email

#39
A few weeks ago I thought about setting a Telegram bot to send me a reminder to do stuff, you get the dopamine hit of "Oh someone's sent me a message" so hopefully it's harder to ignore.

I've also thought of a To Do app that has statistics of how long you've ignored/snoozed items, to shock people like me who's procrastinated things like learning French for probably 5+ years now...

Re: Show HN: Nudges.fyi – simple, unmissable reminders via phone/text/email

#40

A few weeks ago I thought about setting a Telegram bot to send me a reminder to do stuff, you get the dopamine hit of "Oh someone's sent me a message" so hopefully it's harder to ignore. I've also thought of a To Do app that has statistics of how long you've ignored/snoozed items, to shock people like me who's procrastinated things like learning French for probably 5+ years now...

If you've had "Learn French" on your to-do list for 5 years, then learning that you've had this on your list for 5 years won't suddenly make you do it. You gotta break that task down! "Choose a French course" or even "Make a list of French courses" is a more achievable task that you should replace that one with.
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