Show HN: Por Favor - Favors between friends
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Show HN: Por Favor - Favors between friends
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#2Por Favor's a to do app with a bit of a difference. Instead of you adding tasks to it, it's populated by your friends + family.
A lot of the time, people ask for favours and I say "Yeah sure" and forget about it instantly. With Por Favor, I can say yes when they ask me, and it'll automatically remind me when the task needs doing.
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#3Nice idea but it seems strange to have this as a separate app, if I'm always forgetting about favours, I'm going to forget to load that app all the time and respond to items.
What about a layer that adds this to my current ecosystem (gmail todos?, RTM, twitter bot?)
I like the MVP of the site but I think you could do with a bit more information on how the app looks and works UI wise.
Good luck mate
Re: Show HN: Por Favor - Favors between friends
#4Nice idea but it seems strange to have this as a separate app, if I'm always forgetting about favours, I'm going to forget to load that app all the time and respond to items. What about a layer that adds this to my current ecosystem (gmail todos?, RTM, twitter bot?) I like the MVP of the site but I think you could do with a bit more information on how the app looks and works UI wise. Good luck mate
The idea is that you get a notification when they ask you to do something, then again when it's time to do it. You can load the app and see everything you've agreed to do, but you don't need to open it to use the app.
Adding a layer to your current ecosystem's definitely an option. Making sure people see any incoming alerts no matter what they're doing is what we're aiming for.
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#5If you're asking a friend for a last minute favour I think it's only good manners to at least bother to phone them about it. I also find the notion of tracking who'd done favours for whom rather awkward.
A favour is a personal request from a friend, I can't see this is an area that needs to be made more efficient...
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#6I'm not sure I understand this correctly. After buying the app and then asking someone for a favor - now they need to plunk down for the app to view the favor? I'm not sure they are going to want to do the favor at that point.
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#7If you're asking a friend for a last minute favour I think it's only good manners to at least bother to phone them about it. I also find the notion of tracking who'd done favours for whom rather awkward. A favour is a personal request from a friend, I can't see this is an area that needs to be made more efficient...
For me, it depends how big the favour is. If it's to pick someone up from the airport, it should definitely be a phonecall.
Por Favor aims to fill the space where it's a small favour, like turning on the oven at a certain time or taking out the bins. Things that aren't too much of an inconvenience but are also easily forgotten.
You mention tracking favours, that's definitely not what it's about. It's about remembering to do things you said you would, not about keeping score.
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#8I'm not sure I understand this correctly. After buying the app and then asking someone for a favor - now they need to plunk down for the app to view the favor? I'm not sure they are going to want to do the favor at that point.
We're still working on the app idea. Maybe it'll just be a website to start and you pay to send favours. We're in the ideas stage at the minute, and nothing's set in stone.
Do you think it's worth following up on the idea (ignoring implementation details)? Or does the implementation make the idea?
Re: Show HN: Por Favor - Favors between friends
#9Por Favor's a to do app with a bit of a difference. Instead of you adding tasks to it, it's populated by your friends + family. A lot of the time, people ask for favours and I say "Yeah sure" and forget about it instantly. With Por Favor, I can say yes when they ask me, and it'll automatically remind me when the task needs doing.
If there's one feature a todo list shouldn't have, it's the ability for others to add things to it. That already exists and it's called email.
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#10If you're asking a friend for a last minute favour I think it's only good manners to at least bother to phone them about it. I also find the notion of tracking who'd done favours for whom rather awkward. A favour is a personal request from a friend, I can't see this is an area that needs to be made more efficient...
For me, it depends how big the favour is. If it's to pick someone up from the airport, it should definitely be a phonecall. Por Favor aims to fill the space where it's a small favour, like turning on the oven at a certain time or taking out the bins. Things that aren't too much of an inconvenience but are also easily forgotten. You mention tracking favours, that's definitely not what it's about. It's about rememberin…
I don't like the idea of turning favours into a currency.