As Ixy has transformed in both name and design,
we will be moving to @actual_chat ☺️🤗
Follow us there,
keep track of your position on our waiting list,
share your unique stories with us,
and ask any question you may have!
We look forward to following you back.
Welcome everyone!
Actual is an AI-mediated chat app for meaningful conversations.
We're dedicated to calmer, kinder, slower messaging.
We'll be moving over here from @ixyhelps
Our waiting list is open at https://t.co/V5oNFcIoZ0
Read our manifesto 🤗 https://t.co/1oTx66ng24
Receiving your signup stories everyday at https://t.co/bqQNk5T13V is one of the most powerful experiences of my life.
These are often moving - and brilliant and funny- and always, always inspiring.
Thank you!
(We'll soon launch a more complex site, but keep the story feature!)
"After all, we will someday be them, and — watching my friends’ kids interact with devices today — I fear that future is closer than we are willing to admit."
The brilliant @ChrystalDing on inter-generational communication. Personal stories, data, trends! https://t.co/etgMEXM1fy
Make 2019 a year
when if you're feeling lonely and down
and so eager to talk to somebody
you will reach out and ask for help
and companionship
- a joke, a hug, someone to listen -;
help is given to those who ask,
and you are not alone.
🌼
Name one elderly person in any era
whom you'd like to mentally and/or physically resemble when *you* get old.
Extra emojis if you explain too. And you can name multiple if you like.
⌛👵
https://t.co/usKEkjkE0h
"[D]id we really need to severe those ties, or did these relationships just fell victim to the arbitrary tech products — the Messengers and the WhatsApps — we so casually use everyday with those that matter deeply to us?"
"While most of our advice focuses on prevention — how to avoid miscommunication, how to close generational gaps, how to make sure we don’t do harm in our messaging habits — sometimes in life the deed is done and all we can try is to correct our mistakes."
https://t.co/usKEkjkE0h
Thank you @gwern for resurrecting the OKCupid blog!
This is an interesting piece with some stats on how to compose that first message...
👇🏼
https://t.co/deYuSSzwhs
💋💋💋💋💋
I want my ethics to be YES-ethics!
Not no-ethics...
Yes-ethics doesn't only decline, escape, rebut, ridicule.
Yes-ethics chooses and does!
I want to say: "No, thanks. But hey look at this."
YES this! Let's build this! This is what I stand for and you or anyone can join.
#2019
"While most of our advice focuses on prevention — how to avoid miscommunication, how to close generational gaps, how to make sure we don’t do harm in our messaging habits — sometimes in life the deed is done and all we can try is to correct our mistakes."
https://t.co/usKEkjkE0h
"...did we really need to severe those ties, or did these relationships just fell victim to the arbitrary tech products - the Messengers and the WhatsApps - we so casually use everyday with those that matter deeply to us?"
My new piece for @IxyHelps
https://t.co/2xXmIrCssa
The Actual app is coming soon
to help you to have happier, deeper, more open conversations with the people you care about.
You can sign up to our waiting list at https://t.co/bqQNk5T13V
We will be sending out the first invites soon!
🤗 🕊️ 🙏 ❤️
by @IxyHelps
Via our dear friend @barryfriedman1
https://t.co/oQDF8nUtzM
"...you may need to consciously work on your emotional intelligence, including recognizing that an idea different from yours is not necessarily wrong..:"
Wonderful article from the Ixy Labs.
@ChrystalDing looks into inter-generational communication, especially keeping in touch with elderly family members better.
Great personal stories and data!
https://t.co/PGinPxUAdj
via @IxyLabs
A very moving, recurring moment in our research at Actual (by @IxyHelps)
is when Person1 says they feel sad because Person2 contacts them so little
or replies so rarely,
and Person2 says: "But I think about you a LOT!"
🌺💜🤗🧘👐💙💌🍒