I spent a year building an app. Apparently, nobody asked me to
I think I may have discovered the hardest part of building an app.
Getting someone to actually give a damn that you built it. 😂
I've spent more than a year developing Hashsac. I've tested it, fixed things, redesigned things, annoyed my developer, probably lost some hair… and now I have reached the glorious stage where I have an app that almost nobody uses.
I've posted about it in communities. I've asked people to test it.
The response?
Crickets.
Not even “this sucks.”
I'd actually be happy with “this sucks.”
At least someone would have downloaded it. 😂
So I'm swallowing my pride and asking Reddit:
Would anyone here actually be willing to download Hashsac and tell me whether this is a stupid idea?
It's basically a way of attaching online conversations/content to a specific physical location.
For example:
You see a Facebook post about flooding in Lusaka, Zambia.
Instead of just sharing it with your friends, you could share the URL to Lusaka on Hashsac.
People in Lusaka could then see the post, see the preview, open the original Facebook post and potentially discuss it with other people who are actually in Lusaka.
Or imagine you're travelling to Sydney and don't know anyone there.
You could post:
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…and people actually in Sydney could answer.
The basic idea is:
“I need to talk to people in a particular place, but I don't know anyone there.”
That could be anything from finding a restaurant, asking about a local problem, sharing breaking local information, asking for recommendations, finding a service, discussing something happening in your city, etc.
I'm not claiming I've invented the next Facebook. 😅
For all I know, I've spent a year building something that absolutely nobody wants.
That's actually what I want to find out.
If you're willing to be one of the first people to try it, here it is:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.exceedit.hashsac
I'd genuinely appreciate brutal feedback.
Tell me what you don't understand.
Tell me what seems pointless.
Tell me what you'd change.
Tell me if you think the entire idea is rubbish.
Just… please download the damn thing first. 😂
I'm trying to find out whether I've built something useful or spent a year spectacularly entertaining myself.