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OMG - Two More Ideas

They just won't stop. I keep having ideas but I need to focus on at least 1 of the 3 ideas I currently have.


First: Remote Ice Breakers
Someone posted a Zoom chat where they started with "what was the last thing you ate" as a way to break the ice.
Problem
How do you break the ice on a video call when not everyone knows each other.
Solution
Web app, independent of video chat apps, that let's you pose a question to the group, then see everyone's responses on a single screen (chat windows scroll so it's hard to see everyone's response). You can then build on it and ask multiple questions to build a "profile" of each attendee in the video call. This would also work on social media in general. A person could post a link to an ice break and everyone participates to get to know their digital social circle a bit better.


Second: Zoom language/protocol
There is a special video call language evolving. People put "+1" in the chat if they agree with what is being said, they put an "X" to raise their hand, they "cheer silently" to provide support for the person speaking.
Problem
This is not a shared language; not everyone knows the terminology these tips & tricks to Zoom calls.
Solution
Again, an independent app so it works for any video call. Essentially chat but with a dropdown to select "I agree with what is being said" and a +1 appears in the chat box. Or, selecting "I have a question" from the dropdown raises a little hand. Or, "I would like to speak next" adds the user to the speaker queue.

Thoughts?

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    These seems like solutions to things that aren't really big problems

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      What I hear you saying is that I won't have a successful exit from these ideas.

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        'One metric for product/market fit is if at least 40% percent of surveyed customers indicate that they would be "very disappointed" if they no longer have access to a particular product or service.' I would be surprised if you could even find 10 (not 100) people that would be very disappointed if you gave them this product but then took it away.

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          I guess you should share your wisdom with https://icebreaker.video.

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      i was about to say that.

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