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Great work! Congratulations on launching. Here's feedback. I don't want to sync all my phone contacts because many are confidential; do you provide a workaroun

by jph 5y ago

Great work! Congratulations on launching. Here's feedback. I don't want to sync all my phone contacts because many are confidential; do you provide a workaround? I loved the circles concept on Google+, but many people said circles were too much overhead to create and maintain; how will your app be better? Your landing page and video emphasize one person's personal connections, whereas Instagram and similar social networks are seeing major usage in B2C accounts; what can you say about your ideas for this kind of usage?

jstrafy 5y ago
Thanks! Love the feedback. Good point and something we haven't experienced before. There definitely needs to be a workaround. We had manual search and add in a previous version so The answer here is UX. Google+ UX was clunky at best, where their circles feature was essentially just an add on to the Facebook experience (which facebook then replicated through lists). On Circles, the whole app runs through Circles and we've focused the app entirely on the benefit of adding people to Circles and creating more intimate connections with people. Great point. I think for influencer, B2C type accounts, for now people should definitely continue to use Instagram as its not something we're entertaining for now. However, the way WeChat (I lived in China for a while) splits personal and business connection is fantastic and something I think about a lot. In time we'd love to explore the route of a hybrid interoperable chat (beeper.com and texts.com) and social app, where B2C accounts are relegated to a more minor part of the experience (90% real life connection, 10% other). This works amazingly in WeChat because the little communication they have incentivises B2C accounts to communicate with signal and also makes WeChat monetise beyond advertisements.

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Great work! Congratulations on launching. Here's feedback. I don't want to sync all my phone contacts because many are confidential; do you provide a workaroun

by jph 5y ago

jstrafy 5y ago
Thanks! Love the feedback. Good point and something we haven't experienced before. There definitely needs to be a workaround. We had manual search and add in a previous version so The answer here is UX. Google+ UX was clunky at best, where their circles feature was essentially just an add on to the Facebook experience (which facebook then replicated through lists). On Circles, the whole app runs through Circles and we've focused the app entirely on the benefit of adding people to Circles and creating more intimate connections with people. Great point. I think for influencer, B2C type accounts, for now people should definitely continue to use Instagram as its not something we're entertaining for now. However, the way WeChat (I lived in China for a while) splits personal and business connection is fantastic and something I think about a lot. In time we'd love to explore the route of a hybrid interoperable chat (beeper.com and texts.com) and social app, where B2C accounts are relegated to a more minor part of the experience (90% real life connection, 10% other). This works amazingly in WeChat because the little communication they have incentivises B2C accounts to communicate with signal and also makes WeChat monetise beyond advertisements.