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by nceruchalu 3926 days ago
Hey I just checked out your app on the App Store and I should tell you it looks really clean! As someone who makes iOS apps I know how valuable feedback on your work can be.

Regarding the lack of push notifications, I believe it works for apps like fitness and news apps. However a new messaging app like yours installed on a user's phone will need to inform said user of occasional updates as that's what we now expect of social networking products. Might not necessarily be push notifications but maybe a daily email summary would work?

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Thanks for the feedback! I tried to keep it simple, clean and straightforward, so thank you for noticing :)

The daily digest email is an interesting suggestion. My only concern is people considering that a push notification. Originally, the stance on no push notifications was to encourage people to communicate with people they actually care about and not just communicate with people notifications are telling them to communicate with. It's a nice low pressure system not intended for anything critically important that needs to be delivered right this second. (My girlfriend and I have threads for vacations, but we also have simple grocery lists, etc. Oh, you can also create threads with yourself. So it's kind of like journaling with friends. Or scrapbooking. Messaging is a side effect possibly.

Email digest could be cool. Thanks for your input and your time! Much appreciated