jaybhum

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by jaybhum 3y ago
I have personally experienced a period of extreme loneliness during my grad school in 2017, and had wished that there was a better way to platonically connect with like-minded people than what was offered at the time which primarily focused
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by jaybhum 3y ago
sorry to hear that. We will patch it up asap!
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by jaybhum 3y ago
Unfortunately, not for now. We will have some web offerings in the near future. Please stay in the loop! You can follow us on Twitter: @BubblicCo
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by jaybhum 3y ago
:)
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by jaybhum 3y ago
Hey there, the app is closed-source for now. Thank you for using the app!
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by jaybhum 3y ago
Thank you for your kind words, and thank you for sharing your past experience on dating apps! It is interesting that you have used them to support people, I have never heard of anyone use it for that purpose, but that is very altruistic of
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by jaybhum 3y ago
So when user deletes the app, it sends two separate messages to AWS: one to the Cognito which stores the user ID and email, and one to the Dynamo database that has user data linked to the anonymized ID. The data are deleted independently, a
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by jaybhum 3y ago
This made me tear up a little bit :') Thank you for your kind words! I think you really get the intent of our app. We think there is a big chunk of humanity missing from all the app offerings out there that unfortunately tend to amplif
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by jaybhum 3y ago
Thank you for your thoughtful comment! I think it is a good idea to include helpful resources within the app so that supporters can support better and lonely people can decide the appropriate help they need depending on the severity of it.
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by jaybhum 3y ago
I resonate with your comment! Someone has to pay for the servers and put food on the table... right? :P I won't let profit take precedence over the mission that we started out with: to help people suffering from loneliness. It is perso
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by jaybhum 3y ago
Very well said! That has been a lot of what I heard from talking to the users on the platform. Many people struggle going to venues to meet people because of their anxiety, geographical location, disabilities, and time, to list a few. Many
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by jaybhum 3y ago
I am not sure if going with limited messages is the right idea. I do want to make this platform available to people to form meaningful connections regardless of their wallet. I think having voice alteration as a premium feature so that it i
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by jaybhum 3y ago
I appreciate your thoughtful input! I agree, if we EVER make an iota of data about the users, that should be included in the terms and conditions of the app. The way we put the app out there to the users right now is with the understanding
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by jaybhum 3y ago
Thank you for your kind words :)
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by jaybhum 3y ago
Yeah, many people approach loneliness with different motives, and the one we are trying to promote on this platform is genuine connection. Sure, it could develop into a friendship or a romantic relationship, but we think it should start fro
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by jaybhum 3y ago
Thanks for the feedback. The map feature can help bridge the gap between online connection and real-life connection, in my opinion. If you see that person you are talking to is near you and you hit it off very well, you can decide to meet i
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by jaybhum 3y ago
I have updated the website now to include that link. Thank you. As far as monetization goes, we plan to add premium features like stickers, and voice changers. There will be people who do not want to talk with their voice precisely for the
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by jaybhum 3y ago
ah shucks.... Could you change your default browser to Chrome temporarily and try the sign up process again, while we still work on fixing this issue? Sorry that we did not catch this earlier :(
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by jaybhum 3y ago
Thank you for letting me know! We will make appropriate update to prevent that from happening, at least less often. I think it happens when the websocket fails to make connections on the first several tries, which is quite annoying...
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by jaybhum 3y ago
That is an interesting point. I feel like there will be people telling me that I am exploiting people's loneliness if I ever make a penny from this. I do not plan to put the current experience behind a paywall ever. This platform shou
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by jaybhum 3y ago
Thank you for your kind words and feedback. I think you would be surprised by browsing on r/lonely on Reddit and see how many people want to vent and ask people to talk to them. It can be incredibly lonely when you feel like you are ne
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by jaybhum 3y ago
on Apple's website, it talks about 'Data not linked to you', ( https://developer.apple.com/app-store/app-privacy-details/#l... ) and excerpt is here: - Stripping data of any direct identifiers, such a
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by jaybhum 3y ago
We do not have private voice messages yet. All voice messages are public, as in, everyone can listen to them. This way, people who are hesitant to speak can still listen to other people's conversations, and also learn from them. In the
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by jaybhum 3y ago
Here is our privacy page: https://bubblic.co/privacy/ We do not use it to train any models or share the data with ANYONE. I currently work from home with my wife, we are not incorporated yet. I live in Mountain View, C
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by jaybhum 3y ago
I am doing my best to help people who feel lonely in today's day and age because I have personally been through it during my time in grad school. I was going through a long-distance relationship at that time, and the workload was tough
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by jaybhum 3y ago
Hey there! I am sorry that is happening to you... I just tried on my Pixel 4, and it did not seem to have the problem. Can you try skipping the sign up on the first onboarding page, and try signing up after you are in the app by clicking t
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by jaybhum 3y ago
We worked on it for the past 5 months, with me quitting my job at Apple to work on this full time, so it has been quite the journey! All the voice notes and locations are anonymized, as in, the database for userId and email is separate from
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by jaybhum 3y ago
Hm.. what do you mean? Did you press 'Enter Bubblic' at the end of the onboarding pages?
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by jaybhum 3y ago
I am not sure, but I was actually very surprised by how many supporters actually consistently came on the platform to leave supporting messages to lonely people. At one point, there were more supporters wanting to support than lonely people
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by jaybhum 3y ago
Yes, you can delete ALL your voice data by going to your account settings in the app, and deleting your account. You have full control of your data. Meanwhile, feel free to create an account and explore the app, even just by listening to ot

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