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by connortomas 4996 days ago
I think this is an interesting concept. I have a few questions, though, which I suspect could be commonly asked:

- What's the incentive for me to use this? Why not simply switch my phone off? It seems as though the core benefit is to answer the question, "Why isn't X answering their call?", but there's no clear incentive for X to share this. In fact, if X is busy, it's unlikely they will have the time to update their status.

- How do you explain to a non-technical user how this differs from Twitter or Facebook or Foursquare? How do you respond to a user telling you "I don't have time for another social network"?

- Have you thought about how to prevent "feature creep"? I see simplicity as the core selling point of this app, but I can also see strong pressure from investors to build this out until it turns into a generic social network.

Anyway, it looks visually stunning and I'm excited to see where you take it.

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Status setting is done automatically, no interaction is required... You only have to choose locations you would like to share. You can also make your own visibility settings for each user you have in contact list. It's up to you, what you would like to share