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Yes, that will definitely be the big challenge. I don't think we will convince everyone. Not everyone wants or needs the type of interpersonal connection that P

Yes, that will definitely be the big challenge. I don't think we will convince everyone. Not everyone wants or needs the type of interpersonal connection that Pony is designed to support. But I think that's okay: my bet is that enough people will appreciate having the Pony option to have made it worthwhile to have built. I wanted it anyway... :) This isn't meant to replace instant communication, but to augment instant communication. It will definitely take a lot of communicating and explaining and showing value to people who don't get it right away. And that's fine! That's what makes this a business endeavor :).

toshk 5y ago
Love your enthusiasm :). Okay from a different angle. Im sure you have thought about this: My point was referring to the challenge of moving people away from their existing communication platforms. So I wrote down some quick ideas how to move your philosophy which many of us clearly appreciated to our current workflow. Convincing individuals to your product is something you are clearly succeeding in, but for many of us to convince our social circles to move your product won't be so easy to do. At least I, and maybe more of us would love this feature in Gmail or whatever e-mail client they are using.
- dmitryminkovsky 5y ago
  Thanks :). I am definitely enthusiastic. That's the only way. And for sure, it's hard to change behavior in general. It's been hard for me—and I made this product. Sometimes I send a message to someone and I'm like: "Why did I sent that instantly?" But I've been improving. For Pony to be successful at some kind of scale, there will need to be "influencers" (aka "leaders"?) who help makes this someone of a culturally relevant movement. Finding those people and getting them on board will be a big focus of my marketing effort. Would be interesting to see a Google implementation...
  - toshk 5y ago
    Current communication platforms are so massive (sms, whatsapp, e-mail, messenger etc.) that it feels like such a huge fight to get some form of network effect, that's why I was thinking of a way of integrating with them instead of creating a completely alternative channel. But it might be possible in some niches/ influencers way. Anyway to better clarify my initial comment. There are chrome extensions, allowing you to schedule emails at certain times. You could do a similar things were you extend chrome with an extension for Pony Gmail, where you send email on the pony time scheduled. The sending part is solvable. Receiving however, 2 problems: - Organise receiving; not sure if it can be done, but probably its somehow possible to create a service that saves all incoming meessages and then once a day serves it to a seperate inbox - Senders probably sometimes need sn autoresponder, that's a problem already solved. Anyway, just brainstorming out loud. Wish you all the best.

toshk 5y ago

Love your enthusiasm :). Okay from a different angle. Im sure you have thought about this: My point was referring to the challenge of moving people away from their existing communication platforms. So I wrote down some quick ideas how to move your philosophy which many of us clearly appreciated to our current workflow. Convincing individuals to your product is something you are clearly succeeding in, but for many of us to convince our social circles to move your product won't be so easy to do. At least I, and maybe more of us would love this feature in Gmail or whatever e-mail client they are using.

dmitryminkovsky 5y ago
Thanks :). I am definitely enthusiastic. That's the only way. And for sure, it's hard to change behavior in general. It's been hard for me—and I made this product. Sometimes I send a message to someone and I'm like: "Why did I sent that instantly?" But I've been improving. For Pony to be successful at some kind of scale, there will need to be "influencers" (aka "leaders"?) who help makes this someone of a culturally relevant movement. Finding those people and getting them on board will be a big focus of my marketing effort. Would be interesting to see a Google implementation...
- toshk 5y ago
  Current communication platforms are so massive (sms, whatsapp, e-mail, messenger etc.) that it feels like such a huge fight to get some form of network effect, that's why I was thinking of a way of integrating with them instead of creating a completely alternative channel. But it might be possible in some niches/ influencers way. Anyway to better clarify my initial comment. There are chrome extensions, allowing you to schedule emails at certain times. You could do a similar things were you extend chrome with an extension for Pony Gmail, where you send email on the pony time scheduled. The sending part is solvable. Receiving however, 2 problems: - Organise receiving; not sure if it can be done, but probably its somehow possible to create a service that saves all incoming meessages and then once a day serves it to a seperate inbox - Senders probably sometimes need sn autoresponder, that's a problem already solved. Anyway, just brainstorming out loud. Wish you all the best.