Show HN: Thoughtwriter – a digital whiteboard for your thoughts

Re:Show HN: Thoughtwriter – a digital whiteboard for your th... by pritianka on Saturday July 22, 2017 @08:23PM (#14830201)

I love the Twitter <> Medium idea so much! Only thing I'd want to point out is that some of the best content on Medium is deep, long form articles that really get into the meat of a subject. So you might want to think about that 450-word max.

Re your monetization idea, it seems very interesting but my hunch would be that you should study usage patterns to determine pricing. For eg, off the top of my head, I think that I might use the app(s) actively only a few days a month when I am writing a blog post but it might be super valuable. With the 10 days free policy, I might churn out at least 3 posts before needing to pay.

It's also important to set pricing in a way that it roots the user, even more, deeper into your app. An idea for that could be an affordable yearly license.

Just spouting ideas here :-)

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Re:Show HN: Thoughtwriter – a digital whiteboard for your th... by dela3499 on Monday July 24, 2017 @11:34AM (#14839311)

For the blogging app, the goal is really to encourage daily thinking and writing, not necessarily to create the best source of deep content.

I do think many long articles should actually be short articles, though. You can say a lot in 450 words.

Per-day pricing seems less attractive to me now. I'm starting to think apps should be pay-for-value, not per-per-use. So, I agree that a yearly or monthly licence/subscription might be better.

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