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I am sorry but I really think this is a place where we just don’t need “an app for that”. This of course if just my view, but if someone uses this to call me t

I am sorry but I really think this is a place where we just don’t need “an app for that”. This of course if just my view, but if someone uses this to call me the value of that will be super low.

tolbish 5y ago
Stay in touch with those that mean the most to you...by automating your interactions with them with AI! This is straight out of Silicon Valley.
- snet0 5y ago
  Definitely. I struggle to say this is "peak HN", since HN doesn't like social media in general, but it's definitely something that evolved out of the particular kind of software engineer "optimisation" for productivity that seemingly involves automating the entirety of human existence. I guarantee this idea has been used as a punchline in a TV show.
- sodality2 5y ago
  >automating your interactions with them with AI It does not do this- it either notifies you to talk to them if you haven't in a while, or it automatically sends a single message to start a conversation. Note that I don't necessarily agree with this. I simply have a mental list of friends who I currently am keeping in touch with and every once in a while check up on the ones I haven't spoken to in a few days.
  - tolbish 5y ago
    Do you suppose there is a "natural max" of connections one is primed to keep in touch with? That after that number, it becomes more or less a task rather than reaching out out of genuine interest.
    - jlokier 5y ago
      I think there are more parameters. Some people's "natural max" for actively calling or messaging on a timescale of, say, weeks or months if there's no feeling of obligation is zero. But it doesn't necessarily mean that aren't interested. Some of those people love keeping in touch when it happens - and are genuinely interested. Their "natural max" for people they enjoy being in touch with regularly (ie. not being a task) is much higher than the number they tend initiate things with. Come to think of it that might be true for everyone.
    - sodality2 5y ago
      Depends on how social you are and how much free time you have. Mentally, I think it can become taxing to reach out to that many people. So yeah, I suppose there is a natural max that depends on personality, free time, etc.
kaioelfke 5y ago
Many people have an entry in their calendar to call their parents and grandparents. It’s also about making time for people you care about instead of work and other things taking over.

tolbish 5y ago

Stay in touch with those that mean the most to you...by automating your interactions with them with AI! This is straight out of Silicon Valley.

snet0 5y ago
Definitely. I struggle to say this is "peak HN", since HN doesn't like social media in general, but it's definitely something that evolved out of the particular kind of software engineer "optimisation" for productivity that seemingly involves automating the entirety of human existence. I guarantee this idea has been used as a punchline in a TV show.
sodality2 5y ago
>automating your interactions with them with AI It does not do this- it either notifies you to talk to them if you haven't in a while, or it automatically sends a single message to start a conversation. Note that I don't necessarily agree with this. I simply have a mental list of friends who I currently am keeping in touch with and every once in a while check up on the ones I haven't spoken to in a few days.
- tolbish 5y ago
  Do you suppose there is a "natural max" of connections one is primed to keep in touch with? That after that number, it becomes more or less a task rather than reaching out out of genuine interest.
  - jlokier 5y ago
    I think there are more parameters. Some people's "natural max" for actively calling or messaging on a timescale of, say, weeks or months if there's no feeling of obligation is zero. But it doesn't necessarily mean that aren't interested. Some of those people love keeping in touch when it happens - and are genuinely interested. Their "natural max" for people they enjoy being in touch with regularly (ie. not being a task) is much higher than the number they tend initiate things with. Come to think of it that might be true for everyone.
  - sodality2 5y ago
    Depends on how social you are and how much free time you have. Mentally, I think it can become taxing to reach out to that many people. So yeah, I suppose there is a natural max that depends on personality, free time, etc.

kaioelfke 5y ago

Many people have an entry in their calendar to call their parents and grandparents. It’s also about making time for people you care about instead of work and other things taking over.