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The article starts with: > On a warm July evening, I dove into bed and grabbed my phone, giddy and anxious. As I scrolled through TikTok, attempting to calm my
by netsharc 1y ago
The article starts with:
> On a warm July evening, I dove into bed and grabbed my phone, giddy and anxious. As I scrolled through TikTok, attempting to calm my nerves, a Google Calendar notification flashed on the screen: “VIDEO CALL WITH SIMONE.”
> Before I could swipe the reminder away, Simone FaceTimed me.
That makes me want to build a "Tinder" for rebooting relationships: select who of your friends you want to talk to, and after they do the same, the app will schedule a video call, and you'll be connected with... a mystery friend from your past! For people who don't like surprises, if both parties vote to reveal their names, you'll know who you're reconnecting with.
Or if you don't get any matches, the app will connect you to a mental health/relationship councillor...
- shivekkhurana 1y agoI have friends across the world. I talk with 7 of them every quarter. We have scheduled video calls on our calendar. And after every call, we put notes on the call schedule. Before the call, we get notified and we confirm if both parties will be available over text message.
- pjerem 1y agoThat’s pretty cool, actually.
- schwartzworld 1y agoThey already built the app for rebooting relationships. A few times. A lot of the enthusiasm about web2.0 sites like MySpace and Facebook came from the ability to reconnect with people from your past. If they’d kept Facebook what it was in 2007 it would still be a useful tool.