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OpenIdeas #2

Written by harv on October 31, 2023
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Mindless 🧠

Project name: harv-thoughts

App name: mindless

problem:

I want an app to write my thoughts before going to sleep and/or when I am on idle or whenever I’m waiting.

Steering away from mainstream social platforms (fb, ig, tw, …) which have the same models. Nontoxic. Nontrivial. Exclusive.

features:

  • openly express your mind
  • exclusively for your very close + trusted friends
  • privacy-first, privacy-focused

type of thoughts:

  • one-liner
  • paragraph (256 characters max)
  • long form (3 or more paragraphs)
  • auto-detect on RTE

thoughts privacy:

  • public thoughts
  • friendly thoughts
  • private thoughts

pages:

  • loading screen
  • sign-in
  • sign-up
  • onboarding
  • home
  • main menu
    • my thoughts
    • my friends’
  • profile options
    • profile
    • display
    • settings

other input:

  • a typewriting app where you can post or “express” your thoughts at the moment before going to bed or any random, convenient time, you set it on when to automatically delete the thoughts you have posted publicly, or;
  • terminologies:
    • past thoughts: archive of your thoughts, can be public and private or only selected friends can view
    • current thoughts: the timeline of thoughts you wanna be shared publicly
    • daily thoughts: have a 24-hr limit like (stories/myday)
    • future thoughts: scheduled of thoughts to post ahead of time, a reminder of yourself of what you wanna do (schedule a post or simply a reminder of something you wanna do or achieve)
    • secrets: as we value our users’ privacy, secrets is contained inside a “vault” and saves as either .md file (markdown) or .txt file (text file) on their device local files. these secrets can serve as their daily notes and contains their sensitive files, secrets, very personal stuff and important note and these will never be saved on any database or on our servers, “file over app” by @kepano
  • notes/features:
    • use “EXPRESS” as an action text on the button
    • twitter: (tweet), threads: (post): thoughts: (express)
    • add widget features on mobile app for “current thoughts”

tbu