Hey all
Ponder is my attempt to make the social media space a little bit healthier. I really like podcasts but rarely see two-way conversations like that over text.
On Ponder users must be invited into a thread before they can write messages. Inviting a user and accepting an invitation indicates a high level of trust between the two people — something that seems to be lacking in apps where anyone can talk. I'm hoping that the design will lead to more fruitful conversations.
Examples:
• Product Hunt could invite a new maker each week to interview them
• A funny group of people could just talk about random entertaining stuff
• Reuters could have a thread with an overseas war correspondent
• You could have a thread by yourself to talk about whatever you choose — kind of like micro-blogging
Features:
• create a thread and optionally invite up to 10 other users
• users must be invited into a thread in order to write messages
• the creator owns the thread and can add/remove users
• anyone can read and subscribe to any thread
• follow users so that you're notified when they start or join a thread
• messages and threads are chronological, just like regular text messaging
• you only see content that you subscribe to
Platforms:
• iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/po...
• Android: probably in the next month or two
• Web: TBD
Shoutout to @begroe and @davidfankhauser for remove.bg. I used it a bunch and it worked flawlessly.
• https://www.producthunt.com/post...Feedback:
• Could you see yourself using this sometime down the road if there's enough content?
• Do you dislike anything about the general design?
Thanks for reading! All feedback is welcome and much appreciated.
Ponder