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Tim Allison
@darlingdash · Co Founder at Plane
We're excited to share this with you on PH! Plane has been steadily building a community in Scandinavia and now its time to take off properly. Plane is a new way to swap messages and have convos with people all over the world. We've taken a non-superficial approach to social icebreaking, meaning our experience is more about how you see the world as opposed to what you look like. Users share 'Signals' that last for 24hours, get responses and then break the ice. Take it one step further with a 1-2-1 Convo chat and then swap Social Cards. We hope you enjoy it and I'd love to chat with anyone who has questions. Thanks, Tim.
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Daniel Kolodziej
@danielkolodziej · Product @foundersfactory
@darlingdash what specific use cases can you see Plane being really useful?
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Tim Allison
@darlingdash · Co Founder at Plane
@danielkolodziej thanks for the question. We've trialled Plane with a lot of expats in Copenhagen over the last few months and they found that sharing knowledge and asking for tips on the practical things like apartments, travel and where to eat was really valuable.
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Jói Sigurdsson
@joisig · Founder/CEO, CrankWheel
@darlingdash Sounds neat, do you see the expat angle as your early adopter use-case? Having lived in various cities I can see the value in a tool specifically for ice-breaking for folks new to a place.
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Tim Allison
@darlingdash · Co Founder at Plane
@joisig Thanks Jói. The expat angle was certainly the focus for the early adopters in Scandinavia. Though what we realised was there is a real value in connecting the locals + expats. It's also increasingly apparent the definition of an 'expat' is changing. We want to work closely alongside our users and understand where they see the most value. And the reason we rolled out 'City Filters' was exactly for a more specific focus on people arriving and living in a new city. Thanks for a great question and I hope you enjoy using Plane :)
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Tom Stenson
@soopert
@darlingdash love the design. Curious to know, what's the thinking behind expiring the messages after 24 hours?
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Tim Allison
@darlingdash · Co Founder at Plane
@soopert thank you very much, Tom. There is a freedom of expression that comes with content not existing 'forever'. I think Snapchat nailed that with images, the idea something doesn't have to be perfectly cultivated. The 24hr Signals keep things very much 'in the moment' and also inspires users to keep checking back in to see what's going on. Some of the early adopters have commented it reminds them of the early days of Twitter - which is a massive compliment. Thanks again for a thoughtful question.
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