Pretty cool. Do you have any particular use-cases in mind? I could imagine it rolled into a bigger suite of social media management tools for brands. It could help them follow the people who follow them on other channels or something. Not sure about the consumer use-case, though.
lordCarbonFiber, that's a really good insight. My main point is that the most intense development of those soft skills happens when learning how to work with new people. After a couple years, if you haven't learned how to work with your colleagues, you probably never will.
pseingatl, that's a really good point! First, I think ignorance plays into it, in that I did not realize that there really was a contract in effect. Second, trying to fight it felt like a waste of time (the upside was limited and the downside was large). Still, I think dealing with attorneys sounds daunting and expensive, so that probably also led to me avoiding it.
I think you bring up a really good point: people do take this type of thing very personally, and react quite negatively if the presentation does not fit their heuristic. I think your insight into presentation is really valuable and I'll definitely give that more focus.
I really appreciate your time and willingness to provide feedback!
It definitely appears to have rubbed people the wrong way. You're right that the name does not imply the "tag line" I had in there. I guess I went for something that would jar people a bit, but I didn't quite expect this response. I certainly didn't mean to offend anyone.
Anyway, appreciate your straightforward feedback and ideas. The reason I was thinking of couples instead of just any group of friends is because I think couples are more invested in each other's fitness and possibly more willing to actually pay some money for something that helped them keep themselves and their partners in shape. I was thinking that friends would be more likely only to use it if it were free. The main reason I think that there might be some people in relationships willing to pay is because I would pay that right now for a service that does exactly this.
I think you're right though, that there are tons of groups of friends and acquaintances who work out together, and that could expand the market significantly. Maybe some type of freemium model that appealed to friends but gave people in relationships or power users more for some money would work.
I'm sorry the way I phrased it offended you, and I really appreciate your willingness to spell out what you think about the idea and even provide some suggestions for improvements! I'll take these to heart. I think your suggestions is a really good one with solid positioning.
I actually couldn't find another option that would allow me and my spouse to share and have full access to each other's "fitness analytics". I know MyFitnessPal seems to be popular and there are other apps and stuff, and I'll admit that I didn't actually try every one of them. I understand that for some of these services, sharing full data with another person would probably just be an additional feature, but for my purposes it would be the main source of value. Anyway, if you know of any solutions that do this, I would love to hear, because I would start using it today with my spouse.
As far as doing different kinds of fitness activities, I totally agree and never intended to give the idea that people would have to engage in the same activities. It took my quite a while to figure out what I enjoy and found to be sustainable, and I can definitely appreciate diversity in this area.
I really do appreciate your feedback. Thanks again!
Thanks for you feedback! My spouse and I both agreed that we would pay for this kind of service before I put up the page, but I can definitely see your perspective. We both are responsible adults, and we both sometimes lose momentum when it comes to exercise and staying healthy and fit, so it would be nice if we could remind and encourage each other sooner rather than later once that trend starts as opposed to realizing only after a month. That is my train of though. I can see how the phrasing may not have communicated that accurately, or at least skipped the context.
I'm a fan of Python/Django, myself. The ecosystem is great: Django REST Framework is great, Kombu/Celery is great and easy for task queues, and it's super easy to deploy to Heroku (all things considered).
Honestly, I haven't used Ruby on Rails, but I recently found a new job and RoR experience would have opened up more doors to me than even Python/Django, which is pretty popular. If you don't already have experience with Python/Django that would make execution a lot easier for you, then consider RoR.