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Show HN: Miimic – Let your friends text for you

#1

Post by jchoudh » Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 8:36 PM UTC

Show HN: Miimic – Let your friends text for you
miimic.me

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#2

Post by diminish » Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 8:45 PM UTC

extreme scroll triggered animations make it impossible on my tablet to read much..

Edit: what's the use case, why? Who would use such an app, any use cases you think of?

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#3

Post by colinyoung » Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 8:52 PM UTC

Collaborative flirting! Love it

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#4

Post by jchoudh » Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 8:55 PM UTC

colinyoung wrote: post #3

Collaborative flirting! Love it

Exactly. Given that texting has become the primary channel for flirting, we feel that making this a collaborative effort makes it more fun for everyone.

Thanks for your comment!

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#5

Post by jchoudh » Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 9:08 PM UTC

diminish wrote: post #2

extreme scroll triggered animations make it impossible on my tablet to read much.. Edit: what's the use case, why? Who would use such an app, any use cases you think of?

Diminish, it's no secret that texting has become the primary and preferred channel for dating. The texts you send are the only thing that make or break you after you receive someone's phone number and it's obvious that some people are better at texting than others.

Often times what you will see is young men and women giving their phones to their friends to text someone special for them. We hope to solve this by opening texts up into a more collaborative space.

We will fix the animations. Thanks!

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#6

Post by techaddict009 » Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 9:14 PM UTC

@OP can I use this way:

Set all my message to be served to specific contact. That contact can reply to all message?.

Use Case: My parents do not know to use mobile properly and many times they get Income Tax pin, etc ( IMP message) via SMS. And they come to me to reply them properly. Instead using your app I can do it from distance.

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#7

Post by jchoudh » Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 9:22 PM UTC

techaddict009 wrote: post #6

@OP can I use this way: Set all my message to be served to specific contact. That contact can reply to all message?. Use Case: My parents do not know to use mobile properly and many times they get Income Tax pin, etc ( IMP message) via SMS. And they come to me to reply them properly. Instead using your app I can do it from distance.

techaddict009,

We are working on features for that because of similar situations to the one you just described. Right now, your parents would have to 'miimic' each of those messages over to you for your reply.

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#8

Post by spjpgrd » Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 9:23 PM UTC

I could see executives with secretaries being a serious market that would pay for this service.

Re: Show HN: Miimic – Let your friends text for you

#9

Post by jchoudh » Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 9:26 PM UTC

spjpgrd wrote: post #8

I could see executives with secretaries being a serious market that would pay for this service.

CxOs and senior level executives are another piece of our target market and we have been engaging heavily with them as we move forward

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#10

Post by oftenwrong » Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 9:30 PM UTC

You should up the contrast on the up/down arrows for users like me with a poor quality display. I missed them completely at first. They just looked like two white circular cutouts.