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Give it a try - let me know what you think. It's far from where I want it to be, but as a solo founder I'm forced to make decisions fast and focus on what matte

Give it a try - let me know what you think. It's far from where I want it to be, but as a solo founder I'm forced to make decisions fast and focus on what matters.

bsaul 4y ago
as someone who's building a messaging app as well, let me congratulate you on releasing something that works. Only people that actually tried to build a messaging app know the kind of work it represents in order to have a good user experience.
- spotvik 4y ago
  Thank you so much that means a lot for sharing that. You are absolutely right, and I'm still just at 1% of what I intend to build if people love what I am doing. The complexity is real.
remram 4y ago
Where can I read anything about this? I'm clicking around your site but my only options to find out anything seem to be downloading and installing it? I watched your 30-second video, I still don't know if this is a Twitter, a Nextdoor, or a WhatsApp. Either way I don't understand why I would use it given those products exist. What does it do?
- spotvik 4y ago
  I agree the site needs to be refined but I am doing everything myself so time is limited to do so. In essence, what I am trying to build is messaging with a discovery element that is either location bound or global. Because you use whatsapp mostly with friends and family, nextdoor for your neighbours, and twitter is about following people in most cases. This is focused on the quick discovery and exchange of thoughts with people who are, for example, in your city, at a local festival, campus, etc. In those cases I do not think you like to first browse through FB groups or discover whatsapp/discord/etc. links just to connect with people and actually exchange thoughts if it's a relatively basic topic. Time will tell if my hypotheses are right.
  - remram 4y ago
    I feel your pain as a solo developer but the quality of your app won't matter if no one installs it. And your reply right here has more words than your entire website, so it's not like an improvement is that far out of reach.

Give it a try - let me know what you think. It's far from where I want it to be, but as a solo founder I'm forced to make decisions fast and focus on what matters.

bsaul 4y ago

as someone who's building a messaging app as well, let me congratulate you on releasing something that works. Only people that actually tried to build a messaging app know the kind of work it represents in order to have a good user experience.

spotvik 4y ago
Thank you so much that means a lot for sharing that. You are absolutely right, and I'm still just at 1% of what I intend to build if people love what I am doing. The complexity is real.

remram 4y ago

Where can I read anything about this? I'm clicking around your site but my only options to find out anything seem to be downloading and installing it? I watched your 30-second video, I still don't know if this is a Twitter, a Nextdoor, or a WhatsApp. Either way I don't understand why I would use it given those products exist. What does it do?

spotvik 4y ago
I agree the site needs to be refined but I am doing everything myself so time is limited to do so. In essence, what I am trying to build is messaging with a discovery element that is either location bound or global. Because you use whatsapp mostly with friends and family, nextdoor for your neighbours, and twitter is about following people in most cases. This is focused on the quick discovery and exchange of thoughts with people who are, for example, in your city, at a local festival, campus, etc. In those cases I do not think you like to first browse through FB groups or discover whatsapp/discord/etc. links just to connect with people and actually exchange thoughts if it's a relatively basic topic. Time will tell if my hypotheses are right.
- remram 4y ago
  I feel your pain as a solo developer but the quality of your app won't matter if no one installs it. And your reply right here has more words than your entire website, so it's not like an improvement is that far out of reach.