Quacku

An ephemeral Twitter.

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An ephemeral Twitter.

1 follower

Quacku is a status app which lets you tell the world what you are doing right now. It's an ephemeral status app, where your every new status overwrites the previous status.

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Nice idea. Dislike the name quite a lot though. I better not explain why.. :)

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7yr ago

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@lyondhur :( it was initially named "Hikus" (Haiku + Status). But has to change it for the availability of social media handles.

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7yr ago

@lyondhur @vsnthv Quack also means a false medical practitioner and similar negative meanings (https://www.dictionary.com/brows...). It's a really cool idea and in many cases I would say name doesn't matter at all. However in this case, I think the name counts against the product.

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7yr ago

This is a place to help fellow builders right? So, here.. @vsnthv if you dedicate some time in thinking things like: - what is the true purpose of the app, - where does it offer something unique to solve a specific issue, - how does it produce a solution .. you’d circle back to your initial vision. From here, if you decide to anthropomorphise that core concept into a creature or symbol, it’d have a much easier and more consistent starting point. It just feels like it’s an attempt to replace a “bird that tweets” for “a duck that quacks” that failed at it. It’s a great idea and it truly deserves more than throw outs like “a haiku status”. It’s not about poetry, right? So don’t slack into just “putting a name there” hoping it will stick. If we got what you “tried” to say correctly, it’s about “right now”, “ephemeral”, “impermanent”, “transforming/changing”, “free”, “expression”, “memento”, “instant” right? Therefore.. “Precious”, “passing”, “unique”, “a one record”, “exclusive”, “solo”, “one”, “single”, “full in one”, “memorable”, etc.. is what you should be chasing. Word of advice, kindly: UX, UX and more UX. and don’t you forget UX. I’m not talking about graphic design (before you think that). Think, deeply, about the user. Everything you can. Talk to people. One-purpose projects like yours are the perfect canvas for thorough user-design work. There’s a whole world in here to be explored. Kia kaha! Don’t stop. Best of luck.

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7yr ago