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Comment by lifeisstillgood | Hacker News Reader

Oh my god I have had the same idea and have hacked on the first pass.

Yes. Keep going ! It's a good idea.

1. Tiny bit confused over whether I was signing up or logging in.

2. I can't read their names on my phone (portrait mode). Landscape is ok. Maybe reduce the font size or something

3. What's the algorithm for displaying the recommend "get in touch"? Some people are friends I have a beer with some Inhomestly can not recognise

My idea was to only recommend people whom I had replied to on email - the presumption being I must have wanted something

So perhaps in the info field show me their last email or two so I can work out who they are

Keep up the good work !

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Appreciate the product feedback -- it's super actionable. We haven't completed a full-on email integration yet because we want to be relatively conservative and make an email integration opt-in (but to come son!)

The algorithm is primarily focused on your calendar data and when you've last had an event (if you don't use your calendar, these recommendations might not be great but will get better as you snooze/check off people)

I like your idea on emails that you've actually replied too - will consider that for a future release!

Some more notes

1. You recommend I get in touch with me ... and I am only third on the list :-)

2. I generally don't book events / calendar things. It's one of the reasons i think focusing on emails is so useful - I do those all the time and there is digital footprint that can be used to help me (as opposed to sell me ads)

3. Maybe I missed something but I tried to click on the arrow and then the mail icon, but no mail popped up - I would like to send a mail right there and then as a minimum "get in touch"

Maybe #1 means you've recently connected with yourself and so it isn't the most urgent, but something is still there needing addressing, so it stays close to the top of the stack until you connect with yourself around it? ;)

Don't mind me. I'm just having fun projecting meaning onto things.

I have been searching for the real me for many years but never found myself.

Perhaps they are using a MetaPhysics engine to help me find myself?

If I feel connected I will tell you :-)

Had this idea in 2013, and I'm happy someone's taken the plunge to go all in on it!

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