Was thinking about a similar bot myself. What made you arrive on the bot tone for reward/punishment? I feel like I would tire of getting "nagged" all the time.
@ggnall I'm glad that there are others out there, we should form a support group or something :)
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I received the initial message on my U.S phone number, no idea why it's SMS based when that restricts availability and may increase costs. One question I have is which time zone is it based in? I want the message at 9am GMT, so I need to know the equivalent time depending on the sender timezone.
@ianmayman it's true that the SMS definitely restricts availability and also increases costs but the reason why we chose that medium is that it's the one that's hardest for a person to ignore in the age of constant digital stimulation. I could definitely see introducing email, Whatsapp, FB, etc. as other options in the future. Also when you set up or edit your nag you should be able to see what timezone we think you are in right next to the time picker. So just set the time in that timezone and you should get a notification then. Let me know if you run into issues!
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@vladimirleytus After getting a message at 4pm today, I changed the time and noticed the timezone, maybe you should make that black instead of grey. Also how do I say "No", reply with "No" or just ignore the message?
@ianmayman yes, it should actually be black for everyone, there was just an issue that was causing it to be light grey on certain phones. Will be pushing a fix shortly. And you should say "No" or something like that - things like "Nope", "Nah", etc. should work
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I'm guessing the user base for this will be very divided, users must love or hate it... how is it going so far? interesting idea! I'm sure many out there need such a thing to get motivated!
@jonathan_najarian yes I'm sure not everyone will appreciate the "really mean" mode but hopefully they can benefit from the "not mean" one!
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@vladimirleytus Have you sold users phone numbers? It looks like it because I rarely give out my phone number and today I got a recorded cold call via Grande Communications Networks, it's the first time I've had a call like that on my number and I've not given the number to anyone else recently. Fortunately for me, it's a virtual number and I can change the number in seconds, but it does look like I won't use Nagbot if my number is being sold as it appears.
@ianmayman Absolutely not, we don't use the phone numbers for anything besides sending the texts.
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@vladimirleytus That's good to know, although I see few other ways for you to make money out of this... maybe a paid subscription. I'll try and remove my U.S number from the phone list that I appear to have been added to and maybe change my number, but only you will have the new number.
As a way of covering your costs, I suggest charging 10¢ for every nagging message after someone says no, that should incentivise people and hopefully make you some money.
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For me this is what a cool product looks like. I didn't even need to see the app in action, just reading that last bot response was enough :) "I hate everything you stand for." Fantastic line! Congrats guys, really nice how you made it your own and weren't afraid of people not getting/accepting the sarcasm. I hope things work out for you.
Funnily enough, I've been having trouble making meditating a habit. Excited to see how this helps. Traditional reminders are a little boring and I've almost trained myself to ignore them if they're not massively important. Think the conversational aspect of this is gonna do wonders! Thanks Vladimir.
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