jstrafy

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   by jstrafy 5y ago

   That's cool, I've never heard of HalloApp but just downloaded! Bar the chat function, how are you finding it?
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   by jstrafy 5y ago

   Thanks, I get what you're saying here. Often times I find myself adding people to two circles or more. Although there is the option to create new circles I generally recommend keeping close to the existing circles that are created with
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   by jstrafy 5y ago

   Strange, thanks for bumping this. It works with copy paste so I must have done something with the formatting.
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   by jstrafy 5y ago

   It doesn't! Which services do you use that are built with these standards?
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   by jstrafy 5y ago

   Thanks, Charles! We actually had a call a few months ago, September I believe. I'm also in your Circles Matrix room! Haters are great, always good to have an opposite opinion and people feel strongly enough to write something (whether
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   by jstrafy 5y ago

   Fixed and will be live once site refreshes.
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   by jstrafy 5y ago

   Great idea, annoyingly they don't have this type of API interaction! If so, would build a great client app that allows people to take the best parts of Facebook without the many negatives. Thanks!
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   by jstrafy 5y ago

   Thanks!
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   by jstrafy 5y ago

   Thanks for the comment. Having an FAQ would have been a nice way to cover this as it seems you're not the only one! We plan to monetise through paid premium features, none of which have been included in the first public version of the
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    - Ads on any sort of app are generally targeted. Meaning they use personal information, including browsing history, to serve you specific ads that you are more likely to click on. By encrypting data at rest and, asking for little personal i
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    Hey, thanks for the considered comment! Appreciate the thoughts here, and all are noted. We'll answer a lot of these concerns with next steps.
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    All noted. Thanks!
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    Yes, in hindsight this is in my mind! First time founder and Circles was the first piece product/code that I wrote on my own accord, evolved quite a lot but still some decisions I would make again. Web-app seems to be the consensus her
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    Appreciate the comment! We do this to see if there is an existing user for a connection (like any chat app). We don't store the contact book on a server nor process anything other than that.
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    I can understand the hesitation, it's something we'll consider changing back or making opt-in. Thanks for the grace there, and that's a problem we are solving. You might have X contacts on Circles but you're only going t
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    Skeptic's take is always appreciated! - They do. There's definitely overlap there although because groups are often centred around a topic (school, work, hobby), it's generally not the place to share things that aren't d
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    Hey! Love the landing page for StoryArk & thanks for the ideas! Super similar concept. A few apps I've seen pop up in the space are Lalo ( https://www.lalo.app/ ) and Waldo ( https://waldophotos.com/ )
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    Thanks - that's awesome to hear! We're still early days and would love your feedback. Feel free to send me an email (james@oncircles.com). It would have been a great idea to add a small price in the app store, as my core assumptio
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    Appreciate the comment. As mentioned in some comments we will continue to push the privacy front as far as possible, until then we've tried to be clear about communicating where we are with that (and clear about what we're not yet
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    Great question. The major difference is that you need to add people to Circles to see from and share to them, the entire UX is focused on Circles. Often people don't use the list feature on Facebook because a core product assumption of
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    Thanks! It's been interesting as I used the first prototype to learn how to code. There's been breaks between then and now but that was 18 months ago - a lot of the premises for building Circles have been adopted by IG. Close Frie
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    Thanks for the feedback! It depends on the context, I think for most it is too much work but we're not focused on building a tool for everyone right now (on that I wish we could be more targeted in our marketing). True most networks ar
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    Super simple, I didn't know how to code 18 months ago so when we started (was just I at that point), I stared building with what I could. The front end is built with React Native (JS) as it provides a way for us to more or less maintai
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    Thanks! Love the feedback. Good point and something we haven't experienced before. There definitely needs to be a workaround. We had manual search and add in a previous version so The answer here is UX. Google+ UX was clunky at best, w
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    Hey there - Thanks for this & nice handle (you can change it later)! The app is invite only but I've posted an invite code in the OP (FULLCIRCLE), also will remove the invite proxy in the onboarding in the next update. Hopefully yo
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    Thanks! That's true, same with Facebook links and in some ways, close friends on Instagram. Our argument here is that rather than having it is as one-of-many features, we're focused on making a joyful experience around this single
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    Thanks for all these comments, all noted. You're right, a demo would be nice and also super simple to do. Also a great point, as mentioned in the OP, I've been off social media for some time because I hated them. So bar the standa
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    Sorry about that! At which point did it stop working? Most bug feedback I've gotten since going live has been at the verification page for your phone number. If this is the case, the solution has been to go back a page and submit your
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    Thanks for the comment! I think it's a great question, the hypothesis with Circles is that a vast amount of people would like to share online but don't because of the dynamics of these other social apps make them uncomfortable. So
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    by jstrafy 5y ago

    Cool. Appreciate this. We build cross platform to give people choice but most dev time has been spent on iOS so its further ahead. Agree that the Android needs baked longer. Will fix!