Thank you Product Hunt community! You kicked off the launch of Just Not Sorry and have created a viral phenomenon. (22k downloads and counting in 2.5 days)
We've been covered on The Today Show, Fox News, Inc, Women2.0, All Things Considered, Marketplace, and so many more blogs and news outlets. We know it all started here. Thanks to @gillianim for posting here and @rrhoover for creating such a supportive community.
This looks extremely helpful if you are not already sensitized enough to self correct for western style, English language business communication. Look at it this way - you are not committed to whatever alternative it generates, yet it sets you thinking about how you might want to adjust your communication strategy. There isn't a downside to that.
It's not often a new product comes along that completely changes my behavior for the better. Just Not Sorry is a genius Chrome extension I've been trying out that highlights words/phrases people often use that undermine their message, so I can edit them out before I send an email like 'if I could just please have a moment of your time, I actually think I've got something valuable to say...'
Backstory: it's no secret that some people (ok, mostly women) tend to qualify their message. Maybe they're humble. Maybe they're not totally confident. Maybe they've been conditioned by society to tone down what they say to avoid being seen as bitchy or demanding. (we've all seen the WaPo article on 'Famous Quotes, the way a woman would have to say them during a meeting, right?)
This extension reminds me of Hemingway Editor by @adam_b_long but it catches your writing as you're doing it in your gmail compose box rather than having to copy/paste it into another website. (hint hint: would love a similar functionality for Hemingway Editor..)
This was made by the team at @cyrusinnovation led by @tamireiss with inspiration/support from @ES_entrepreneur@saritwish and @karasilverman. I hope you check it out and pledge to have a #justNOTsorry 2016!
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