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by stokesr 1325 days ago
The site looks gorgeous, fair play. I've seen from the comments that you're looking for people's envisaged use cases, so here's mine - I have moved about a lot, I'm currently living abroad. In a few months time, everyone will start moving about again.

This seems like a brilliant way to keep up with friends that I can't see very often, in a way that seems more genuine than the loop of "Hey we haven't talked in ages! How are you doing?" "It's been so long! I'm good, and you?" "Good :)". Being able to see what they're thinking and to interact with them from that without having to prompt a deep conversation on a Tuesday afternoon sounds wonderful.

Looking forward to using it more, and seeing where you take it!

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Hey. I had a conversation with one of my closest friends a few days ago, and this is exactly how I described what I want Nicheless to become.

I wrote something similar here that might resonate: https://nicheless.blog/post/mission

I stumbled upon this use case almost by accident, when a few of my IRL friends published stuff on Nicheless. I realised I looked forward to reading what they were upto or thinking about. And then figured other people might like the same experience.

Thank you for sharing that you think about it similarly.

Great to read that mission statement! Good to know I stumbled upon the Real Use Case aha
You've put into words the issue I've been having keeping up with friends I don't see often. Scheduled calls are too hard to do, and the awkwardness of those "hey how's it going" messages isn't much better.
I'm going to screenshot this thread so I can look at it repeatedly. Thank you for this.