tobuild index brief: https://coda.io/d/Waypoints_dTqv7dmS4zZ/Another-framing_sugpq#_lufNA We live in a society where our primary tools for connection, social media apps like facebook, Instagram, etc., do not give us the intimacy and emotional resonance that we seek and our primary tools for thought act as information silos for us to synthesize thoughts in private or with limited contribution. There are many in-between solutions that have caught glimmers of brilliance. On the social side, reddit captures something magical in the intimacy of communities that form around common interests while opening it up to collaborate with a broader public, discord captures a similar aspect but with richer mediums of interaction. What if things could be different? What if we could get all the benefits of spontaneity that come from interfacing with people all over the world at scale while preserving the intimacy and emotional resonance that come from more closed social circles? #waypoints/examples
- MVP
- spaced repetition for friends ^7eqHaORNR
- spaced repetition for memories ^2GLSz9wDm
- gratitude journal
- connection with people
- conversation alex du and will reminiscing about people that they miss / thinking about. Why can’t we share that? ^8_tgKxzcd
- tweets on being notified every time someone thought of you from Nick Cammarata ^5y-d-D5Yn ^GdUVIRZZB
- the vibe: sending letter off in bottle vibe ^goTY2r0-T
- inspiration [*](inspiration ^IF5T7Bsj6)
- are.na - visual-based social graph of connections and ideas
- may not cultivate intimacy as much… but
- very good on the idea of public/closed/private spectrum of contribution
- contribution spectrum increasing barrier to contribute ^6gK3XitMr
- public:: anyone can view + contribute
- closed:: anyone can view, select people can contribute
- private:: select people can view + contribute
- contribution spectrum increasing barrier to contribute ^6gK3XitMr
- futureland like a public journal for creatives and creating
- focus on making things
- side focus on automatic aggregation of stats based on the journaling
- ex: journal called “water” that you post water emoji into every time you drink water, automatically captures how much water you’ve drank
- some brilliant idea here of data, content, utility emerging from your creative works
- dive app on twitter
- pinterest but for visual and no intimacy
- twitter but for anything and harder to cultivate although made better by twemex
- google+ had a customizable version of instagram close friends way earlier concept of circles, like instagram close friends but custom and a lot more functionality than just posting stories ^sknjlC8GE ^Ag4f50N6i
- instagram close friends
- are.na - visual-based social graph of connections and ideas