andrewthebold

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   by andrewthebold 5y ago

   I tried it out for a bit and I think it's generally pleasant. Some thoughts: - The cleanliness and whitespace make it feel like information's been lost compared to the previous version. Probably just psychological and I'll ge
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   by andrewthebold 6y ago

   For anybody who comes into this thread in the future, I've closed off public signups for the iOS beta. I've hit a critical mass of testers and want to make sure the app isn't overrun by trolls and predators. Reach out to me i
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   by andrewthebold 6y ago

   It's coming soon! Blocked by me getting my hands on an android device to test with. Sorry for the trouble if you were hoping to try it out. If you're interested, you can join the subreddit for updates [0]. [0] https://w
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   by andrewthebold 6y ago

   Thanks for catching that! Fixed it up.
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   by andrewthebold 6y ago

   Thank you! My impression is that my use of Flutter has been successful (especially in an iOS build) because of my heavy use of custom-designed components. There are packages built by the Flutter team to mimic native behavior, but they aren&
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   by andrewthebold 6y ago

   Thank you for the praise for the design :) My path to using flutter was that I wanted to use SwiftUI because of its native-ness, but found it was too buggy. I know react native well, but I realized that a lot of the interactions I wanted (e
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   by andrewthebold 6y ago

   Thank for you trying the app out! On your first point: scroll down on your mailbox screen to see a history of what you've opened up! Sorry about that. It's a poor design decision on my part to make it so undiscoverable. Will fix i
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   by andrewthebold 6y ago

   Thank you for the praise for the design!
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   by andrewthebold 6y ago

   Hey! For now I have it locked to portrait orientation and no official support for iPad. Very sorry for the trouble with this — it does sound annoying. I'll look into enabling iPad-specific rotation.
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    Not at all arguing that this is novel or innovative — rather my own take on the genre. I'd argue that some aspects of the system incentivize better behavior: - It'll be a purchased app (not free), so the stakes of being banned are
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    Thanks for the info! I guess it also only happens if you have some VR device setup. Sorry for the trouble with that. I'll swap out the vimeo embed soon since that sounds like annoying and unnerving behavior. Also, thank you for the pra
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    That's... unusual and concerning. You're talking about the gentle.app site, not the testflight link, right? The only thing I could think of to cause that is the embedded vimeo iframe. But why? If you're open to share, I'
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    Thank you! I'm really happy you tried it out
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    Hey! It's a Flutter application, so I'm using their concept of Hero animations [1]. It renders a new component (the flight shuttle?) that does the visual animation. [1] https://flutter.dev/docs/development&#x2
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    Thank you and that's amazing! It's great that you're really embracing the attitude of thinking about this other person and trying to empathize.
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    I think there's better scaffolding/explaining to do with content guidelines and expectations, but the general idea is that content that causes concern like this should be reported. A lot of explicit content would probably already
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    Thank you! I appreciate the praise. If you have any feedback or suggestions, feel free to share~
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    I hear you. I've turned off all the analytics I can with firebase, but if you don't trust Firebase/Google, I'm happy to recommend avoiding this app. Checkout my privacy policy (and critique it too!) if that's useful
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    Thank you! I appreciate the praise
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    Thank you! I'm a bit wary of giving big hints to how the filters work, but I was inspired by: - npm packages like redact-pii, bad-words (and numerous other "bad word" lists) - askismet's open source spam code - regex uni
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    Yeah! My main email for gentle-related stuff is andrew@gentle.app Feel free to reach out and connect.
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    Thank you!
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    I know, right? It's definitely a quirky vibe
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    If you're looking for a more gamey-version of this concept, check out Kind Words . I'm a big fan of it!
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    Thanks for sharing! That's super cool and very similar in concept.
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    I'll look into iPad-compatibility and see if there's some low-lift stuff I could do. To be transparent, I would probaaaably invest in a webapp before a fully-blown iPad variant. I hear your frustration about the limitations of wha
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    Hey! That's one of the main features I want to add before actually launching the app. Expect to see something like that soon if you stick around in the beta! Happy to listen to other feedback or suggestions you might have~
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    Thanks for the feedback. I'm so sorry for the frustration caused. I'll address it! If you're curious where that comes from, the app is built with Flutter, which tries to mimic native behavior. Text editing is something that&#
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    Super true! I'd argue the experience would probably be different in the context of reddit (like ads and it not being quite as streamlined), but your point is valid.
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    by andrewthebold 6y ago

    I think this specific flow of creating a post and then receiving non-public replies back isn't normal on reddit or fb groups. I don't doubt it's possible! Do correct me if I'm wrong.