Help me validate SelfTalk, a conversational diary
SelfTalk is an idea for a diary where you answer the same questions every day, as a sort of "onversation" with your past self.
I've created a survey to validate it, which you can fill out using the link below, but feel free to leave any feedback you may have as a comment here as well.
https://form.jotform.com/200416743507349
So what makes SelfTalk Different from other question diaries?
There are quite a few question diaries out there, but none of them were accessible to people with visual impairments to the extent I'd want. But that's obviously not a big enough differentiator. So other places where I'm adding value
- Answer questions where you want: your phone, the web, Google Assistant, maybe even Facebook Messenger or in your Twitter DMs.
- Get weekly, monthly and yearly overviews of all your answers, with analysis.
- (possibly) end-to-end encryption of your answers
I like the idea. Question though, What's the incentive to respond the daily question?
Would you get a notification or a call from the app?
Yes, it works with notifications. And the idea is that you can get the notification whereever it's most useful to you; on your phone, on your desktop/laptop browser, or maybe even as a Facebook messenger message or Twitter DM.
On the incentive to respond to the daily question, my observation is that past successful products tend to be associated with a pre-existing methodology / advice / figure.
Hence, the persona behind that movement already did the work for you on (a) evangelizing for awareness (b) prompting the user using their "voice". And your app helps make the activity easier. I suggest looking into these mechanics.
Cases in point:
[1] I'm a big fan of https://www.indiehackers.com/product/750-words, which is based on Julia Cameron's The Artists Way.
[1a] WoM - My mentor introduced this methodology to me, followed by, "Hey, there's this tool called 750words that makes it easier for you to implement that habit."
[1b] Every morning when I wake up, what I remember is not the app or the notification, but the image of Julia prompting me to continue the habit loop.
[2] Headspace for meditation
[3] Many self-talk apps, which is based on derivatives of CBT
Interesting concept, especially since the you of yesterday is only connected to the you of today by a memory of yourself.
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