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Great job on launching. Some notes from first use of the app: The feed is confusing. It looks too much like Instagram, so it contradicts the idea that this is

by revorad 15y ago

Great job on launching. Some notes from first use of the app: The feed is confusing. It looks too much like Instagram, so it contradicts the idea that this is an app for sharing actions rather than just pictures. The top activities are plankaday (what's that?), write, sleep, run, and meeting(!). None of those are too interesting. So, I'm not getting a feel for what is this app really good for? Why don't you show more activities rather than just the top 5? The actions are not very specific, that's probably why they don't seem interesting to me. I bet you get this a lot, but really, if I'm using Runkeeper or another similar app for my exercise tracking and sharing, why should I use didthis? One possible answer is to push actions to those apps (I haven't tried it if you already do). The quality of the experience will probably go up dramatically if you choose to focus on a single type of action or community. Everyone keeps repeating this and from recent personal experience, it does seem true. Social causes seem like a good one to go for, but the problem there is frequency of use. I doubt many people volunteer or donate more than a few days a year. This is the kind of app that people need to use at least once a day or it will die. I like your deed of the day idea. It might be worth zooming in on. What if your app was totally based around that? Daily deeds? Finally, you better not steal my contacts! If you do, start working on that apology letter right away.

c1sc0 15y ago
lol, I won't steal your contacts, promise! I'm painfully aware of the points you raise. Sometimes you just have to do a "Damn the torpedoes, full-speed ahead" launch. Timing & stuff. To answer the other points you raise: The feed will change totally. Less pictures, more "What did you do?" & "How did you do it?" ... in development, coming in one of the next updates. The actions will become a lot more specific & self-explanatory in one of the next updates. Right now the app is focussed too much on repetition (I do this x times per day) & because of that I agree it's kinda boring. Deed of the day is a pretty fresh idea, we're still iterating on that & yes, it's something I would like to consider.
- revorad 15y ago
  I'm painfully aware of the points you raise. Sometimes you just have to do a "Damn the torpedoes, full-speed ahead" launch. Timing & stuff. Bravo bravo. That's just the right attitude.
- mstefanko 15y ago
  > Less pictures, more "What did you do?" & "How did you do it?" less pictures?? Not sure that's a smart move. As of right now, that's the only thing adding interest to me. Pictures of the actions. And as much as I like the deed of the day, seeing it repeated a billion times on the feed gets boring. I suppose increased ability to filter feeds will help this, as if I could select the actions that I want to see and exclude everything else, it might hold more interest. But, currently, I just can't wrap my finger around why I would use this. I'm not going to log on to tell everyone I kissed my girlfriend, or put together an ikea table. I love that you didn't wait to release it, as you're getting a ton of good feedback. But my honest opinion is it's completely missing the wow factor. It's not doing anything that new, or that different. There's no defensive edge, as someone could release ididit tomorrow even if this for some reason took off. And most importantly, it's lacking anything that would pull me back. Even if it was just fun to use, that would be a draw, but it's not currently. I'm staying tuned, as I've seen plenty of projects go from zero to hero. Although a lot of which unfortunately back to zero again. So good luck to you! I would think about integrating with companies sooner rather than later. For example, if I drank a starbucks coffee, added the action and a picture of me drinking the coffee. After a few of those I get a free coffee. Or bought flowers for said company, walked into said electronic store, or worked out using a workout product. This maybe an over-commercialized example(aren't they all ;) ), but I'd have incentive as the company could give me things I like. And you could easily monetize as companies would love pictures of their products being used as well as raising awareness/marketing etc.

by revorad 15y ago

c1sc0 15y ago

lol, I won't steal your contacts, promise! I'm painfully aware of the points you raise. Sometimes you just have to do a "Damn the torpedoes, full-speed ahead" launch. Timing & stuff. To answer the other points you raise: The feed will change totally. Less pictures, more "What did you do?" & "How did you do it?" ... in development, coming in one of the next updates. The actions will become a lot more specific & self-explanatory in one of the next updates. Right now the app is focussed too much on repetition (I do this x times per day) & because of that I agree it's kinda boring. Deed of the day is a pretty fresh idea, we're still iterating on that & yes, it's something I would like to consider.

revorad 15y ago
I'm painfully aware of the points you raise. Sometimes you just have to do a "Damn the torpedoes, full-speed ahead" launch. Timing & stuff. Bravo bravo. That's just the right attitude.
mstefanko 15y ago
> Less pictures, more "What did you do?" & "How did you do it?" less pictures?? Not sure that's a smart move. As of right now, that's the only thing adding interest to me. Pictures of the actions. And as much as I like the deed of the day, seeing it repeated a billion times on the feed gets boring. I suppose increased ability to filter feeds will help this, as if I could select the actions that I want to see and exclude everything else, it might hold more interest. But, currently, I just can't wrap my finger around why I would use this. I'm not going to log on to tell everyone I kissed my girlfriend, or put together an ikea table. I love that you didn't wait to release it, as you're getting a ton of good feedback. But my honest opinion is it's completely missing the wow factor. It's not doing anything that new, or that different. There's no defensive edge, as someone could release ididit tomorrow even if this for some reason took off. And most importantly, it's lacking anything that would pull me back. Even if it was just fun to use, that would be a draw, but it's not currently. I'm staying tuned, as I've seen plenty of projects go from zero to hero. Although a lot of which unfortunately back to zero again. So good luck to you! I would think about integrating with companies sooner rather than later. For example, if I drank a starbucks coffee, added the action and a picture of me drinking the coffee. After a few of those I get a free coffee. Or bought flowers for said company, walked into said electronic store, or worked out using a workout product. This maybe an over-commercialized example(aren't they all ;) ), but I'd have incentive as the company could give me things I like. And you could easily monetize as companies would love pictures of their products being used as well as raising awareness/marketing etc.