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Hmsklt – App to help friends form deeper relationships

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Re: Hmsklt – App to help friends form deeper relationships

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Hey! How does the beta access work? Shouldn't I be able to join together with my friends in the Beta?

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?

Re: Hmsklt – App to help friends form deeper relationships

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I 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.

Anyone who grew up on IRC or in the early days of online dating/video games will rightfully recognize this as completely, totally false.

Re: Hmsklt – App to help friends form deeper relationships

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What's the story with the name? How do you pronounce it? The product seems interesting, but I'm not a sharer on social media.

agreed, as a english-as-second-language speaker both the idiom and acronym was completely lost on me. concept has potential as long as it's not just another clone of snapchat stories.

Re: Hmsklt – App to help friends form deeper relationships

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1. 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 communication. Philosophizing about the world is something best done in a face-to-face situation.

Re: Hmsklt – App to help friends form deeper relationships

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I think a small adjustment to this formula could make a big difference: instead of group prompts, is there a way to prompt a single person at a time to respond to something deeper, and then to use that to start a conversation?

When I think about the most genuine connections I have with friends, the bonds are not formed from little things like talking about what we’re doing this weekend. They’re formed from moments when we are focused on each other as complex people with hopes, struggles, ideas, perspectives, messy families and careers, insecurities, successes, all wrapped up in a bundle. They come from being around for each other’s journeys as we individually sort out our lives, even if the venue might be something insubstantial like talking while playing the same video game.

I think short prompt responses would make me focus too much on myself, not enough on others.

Re: Hmsklt – App to help friends form deeper relationships

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I 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.

Fully agreed. It is somewhat concerning that so few people realize this. It seems tech is the answer to everything these days ... Nothing beats catching up with friends by actually visiting them and sit down for a few hours of talk.

Re: Hmsklt – App to help friends form deeper relationships

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post #23

What's the story with the name? How do you pronounce it? The product seems interesting, but I'm not a sharer on social media.

agreed, as a english-as-second-language speaker both the idiom and acronym was completely lost on me. concept has potential as long as it's not just another clone of snapchat stories.

As an English-as-first-language speaker, it did not at all occur to me what “hmsklt” meant. I haven’t heard the term “homeskillet” used in 20+ years.
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