OMG you gave me TENTACLES

in #business8 years ago (edited)

Tentacles - the social messaging buddy

Ever wanted to message all your friends from a single place?

Bringing you "Tentacles"


Sorry, let me try again. Brining you (drumroll)...TENTACLES, the social messaging buddy

OK, so I am no web designer and perhaps this is not the greatest idea but here me out.

I want to fly the next as covered in this article and I need the #steemit communities' help to do it. In this case, brainstorming #ideas or even hearing all the problems you have with these ideas will help me grow and chase my #dreams.

What is it?

  • Gives you the ability to send messages via multiple platforms form a single place, a single app.

Benefits?

  • No need to download several apps and/or visit lots of websites.

Monestisation

  • Paid for App download? $0.99?

How does it work?

  • A contact would be built out containing the following:
    • Phone number
    • Email address
    • Facebook ID
    • Twitter account name
    • etc.
  • Depending on the accounts held against the "contact" the available options for messaging would be adjusted e.g. no twitter handle? Button is removed as a send option.
  • A text based message would be constructed, as constraints per social / messaging platform are broken, the option to post to those media would be removed.
    • As you increase the size of your message, social options would be removed automatically such as Twitter if you exceeded 140 chars.
  • Ability to include attachments and images.
  • Messages sent and received would be displayed in a single place, grouped/split by "contact".

Cost to build?

  • MVP in 4 weeks with 2 coders?

Assumptions

  • It's not already been done before? Any ideas #steemit?
  • Social media and messaging platforms such as What's App and FaceBook have open API's that let you send and retrieve messages?
  • This solves a real problem people have? Does using multiple platforms annoy you?

Would you use this tool?

Let me know what you think but please be gentle lol :)

Some of my articles:
https://steemit.com/life/@jimbo/why-am-i-so-scared-to-start-a-business
https://steemit.com/steemit/@jimbo/what-is-an-steemit-whale

Cheers
@jimbo

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