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There is actually at least one app for this - https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/10/a-new-app-called-garden-helps-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends-and-family-without-

There is actually at least one app for this - https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/10/a-new-app-called-garden-helps-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends-and-family-without-facebook/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/10/a-new-app-called-garden-he... Pretty sure there are a couple of other ones. I don't get the backlash to this on here, life gets busy and it's nice to have some reminders set to not forget to make time to reach out to people. Personally I've gotten a lot more into getting in touch with people I have not caught up with in weeks / months / year over the course of COVID, and think it's a super valuable practice. Most people would not reach out themselves, but are totally down to catch up when messaged, and the worst case is you just don't end up meeting to chat.

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s4i 5y ago
Explicitly dividing people into groups of decreasing priority is the one thing that feels the most uncomfortable. But I also understand there is an implicit hierarchy in your head anyway. We've started planning a wedding recently and started drafting a guest list, which basically means making that hierarchy explicit on a spreadsheet (to filter out guests), only for two people at once instead. To my brain, which always wants to please everybody, it's a painful process.
svachalek 5y ago
That article’s old app link doesn’t work so fyi: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/garden-stay-in-touch/id1230466454 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/garden-stay-in-touch/id1230466...
brianmartinek 5y ago
+1 to this. I use Dex https://getdex.com/ https://getdex.com/ and I see a few other apps in the feed too. There is clearly some market demand. Life gets busy and it helps to have something more than just a stock contacts app.