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I'd love it if Facebook did this. But Facebook don't allow you to sync your FB friends' contact details onto your phone --- it's actually against their TOS for

by mooism2 15y ago

I'd love it if Facebook did this. But Facebook don't allow you to sync your FB friends' contact details onto your phone --- it's actually against their TOS for you to automatically extract your friends' contact details from facebook.com. Would I use a standalone app that did this? Chicken and egg problem: you've got to make your app useful to me even if none of my friends use it. If a particular friend also uses your app, can you mark their contact details as being guaranteed-up-to-date? If a particular friend doesn't use your app, can you remember when I entered their details and keep track of how stale they are? If I text them and the text doesn't get through, can you highlight their number as possibly not working any more?

rumberg 15y ago
Thanks, mooism2. Good points. Would you use a new app that makes the "search contact(s) → call/write/message" faster and more beautiful? If a friend also uses your app, can you mark their contact details as being guaranteed-up-to-date? → That is the idea that I want to build the app around. If a particular friend doesn't use your app, can you remember when I entered their details and keep track of how stale they are? → Good point. One solution would be to regularly send them an email (maybe once every three months) with the request that to send you their updated information (via email). If I text them and the text doesn't get through, can you highlight their number as possibly not working any more? → That wouldn't be necessary after they use the same network as well. Otherwise: Cool idea, I will add it to the list.
- mooism2 15y ago
  One solution would be to regularly send them an email (maybe once every three months) with the request that to send you their updated information (via email). I wouldn't want the app to send this sort of communication in my name. Would you use a new app that makes the "search contact(s) → call/write/message" faster and more beautiful? The standard ios app is quick and pretty enough for me.

by mooism2 15y ago

rumberg 15y ago

Thanks, mooism2. Good points. Would you use a new app that makes the "search contact(s) → call/write/message" faster and more beautiful? If a friend also uses your app, can you mark their contact details as being guaranteed-up-to-date? → That is the idea that I want to build the app around. If a particular friend doesn't use your app, can you remember when I entered their details and keep track of how stale they are? → Good point. One solution would be to regularly send them an email (maybe once every three months) with the request that to send you their updated information (via email). If I text them and the text doesn't get through, can you highlight their number as possibly not working any more? → That wouldn't be necessary after they use the same network as well. Otherwise: Cool idea, I will add it to the list.

mooism2 15y ago
One solution would be to regularly send them an email (maybe once every three months) with the request that to send you their updated information (via email). I wouldn't want the app to send this sort of communication in my name. Would you use a new app that makes the "search contact(s) → call/write/message" faster and more beautiful? The standard ios app is quick and pretty enough for me.