Day 90: Open Questions for Intention

product

My mind is swirling with questions for the direction of Intention so I’m going to vomit all of them out here:

Product

  • Should I combine Hide Feed and Intention or keep them separate?

  • Does it make more sense to have “Friends” or “Groups” in Intention?

    • Friends feel more lightweight but groups provides more flexibility
    • I’m starting to form quite a few 2-person groups with friends from different social circles and having a long list of groups somehow feels more cumbersome than having a list of friends

  • Would group streaks help people be less distracted or end up encouraging undesirable behavior?

    • For example, it’s possible that people might just use incognito windows to browse distracting sites because they don’t want to break their group streak or appear like a time waster in front of their friends. Instead of curbing their time being distracted, they might just do it outside of Intention.

  • How do I make using Intention more delightful in the way that Forest is?

Marketing

  • What are the main marketing channels I should pursue?
  • How do I systematically go through different ways to market rather than randomly trying a bunch of things and giving up?

Privacy

  • Do I want to include analytics in Intention? What would I learn from doing so? Is it worth it?

  • Is asking for permissions individually too scary?

    • Having the permissions pop up for every site they add is more secure than asking for the permission for all sites, but it can seem less secure because it comes up for every site you add vs. just once

Sales

  • How should I charge for Intention?

    • Freemium? What features should be free and what features should be premium?
    • Something novel? (e.g. having people commit to some price they’re willing to pay for every hour they spend on distracting sites past their limit) Would enough people actually pay to make this sustainable?

  • How much should I charge for Intention?

    • $5 a month like Hide Feed?
    • Should I bundle Hide Feed and Intention together under the same plan so that you get a subscription to both?

  • Should I start charging before making a marketing push or after?

Organization

  • What are my blind spots and how do I go about figuring that out?

  • What is the best way to compensate for my weaknesses? (e.g. marketing, design)

    • Do I try to develop these skills myself or look for other people who can help?

  • Do I want to bring on additional people to work on Intention/Hide Feed with me? What roles would I want them to have?

So much to figure out!!!