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Free registration at the forum removes this block.What about an app that allows each person to add their own sentence to the story?
For instance :
" Once apon a time there was a big fat woman called Edna"...
It would then select another person to add to the story
" Edna lived in a forest with three big chimpanzees"
It could be an interactive and entertaining way to create a something.
I feel like this could result in another Facebook if it is left alone to regular everyday users. Just a place where people go to bitch all the time. I don’t think that listening to people complain (to random strangers or even friends) about their day sounds appealing. People hear stories they don’t care about all day everyday from coworkers.
Now, if it were legit, professional storytellers,(comedians?) then maybe.
People loved Vine for a little while. Do you count that as telling a six second story?
I think this idea is just like a video podcast that you can share with friends, right?
If you can find great storytellers there may be an audience.
As @cwalto12 said, this sounds kinda like Vine. It also just sounds like podcasts, but with videos (semi like Youtube). My question then is - how is this unique? How is it different from all of the above?
check out the app social network called Hear Me Out. You use audio clips to interact with other people. Comedians use it, Musicians, "GURU's", storytellers
Snapchat?
I mean there literally called stories on snapchat
The question is, @jramos02, would you be interested in such a format of stories?
Potentially. I'm always interested in hearing people's journeys for example, or how they accomplished a particular task/project/success. Things like that could be interesting. Think progress thread, but in your storytelling format.
The questions I would also pose to you: what problem do you think this would solve? Or what need would it satisfy?
Based on current social media, I think the last thing the world needs is more "stories". I would be interested in entrepreneurs' stories, maybe.
These problems could be solved with a service which connects storytellers and listeners and is built around a story as a main value unit.
I don't think you really need an app for this though. It is something you could already do in a forum for example. What would the benefit of the app be? Apart from the mobility, I suppose.
Many apps aren’t ‘needed’ but they gain popularity because they are entertaining. I personally don’t think a new app about stories is needed at all, I was just trying to help out with ideas.
Focusing on a niche could be interesting. Comedian's journeys into standup for example. Or an entrepreneurs journey into success. But the latter there is quite a bit of already (EoFire - which I am not a big fan of anymore, but it is a highly listened podcast, and also what Tom Bilyeu is doing with Impact Theory).
What would be interesting with something like this is if you make it easy for the every day person tell their own story, but it is also moderated in a way. Say: people that were part of a shooting, people that were at a specific game, things like that. Make it easy for them to tell that story, but have some sort of moderation of what is actually uploaded. The latter would require a lot of monitoring and man power though.
If anyone's interested enough to pay for this, it seems that it might work as a FB app rather than your own new social network. That way you don't have to recruit people to a new service or deal with login and security code and servers, etc. All you'd need is to provide a connection layer on top. I'm skeptical about whether storytelling in general could be profitable as you describe. But a lot of stuff I'm skeptical about makes money anyway!
I feel you're just following Snapchat and Instagram's 'stories' feature too much. I mean stories are cool but Snapchat already got the credit and recognition. Instagram hopped onboard and implemented it and now Facebook, WhatsApp, VK and almost every other social network has implemented it. It's a bit like the rush to buy cryptocurrency. The first ones to buy and sell make a large amount of profit and the rest get caught up with the cryptocurrency and struggle to sell it for anything more than what they initially paid for it.
My point is, stories are just too mainstream now. I wouldn't advise you to 'follow the crowd'. Think about it, almost every social network you sign into wants you to post a story and tell everyone how your day went or what your life's like. I mean it gets pretty repetitive. I'd recommend sticking your head down and thinking of the 'next big thing'. Statistically, you'll more than likely succeed at a completely new idea than you will do at a 'stories' social network.
I don't mean to discourage you, this is just my personal opinion on your idea. Regardless of what you choose to do, I hope you succeed
What about an app that allows each person to add their own sentence to the story?
For instance :
" Once apon a time there was a big fat woman called Edna"...
It would then select another person to add to the story
" Edna lived in a forest with three big chimpanzees"
It could be an interactive and entertaining way to create a something.
I don't think you really need an app for this though. It is something you could already do in a forum for example. What would the benefit of the app be? Apart from the mobility, I suppose.
I think there is already a solution to that. It´s called Reddit. You can create a Subreddit called "RealLifeStories" and validate your idea.
Many apps aren’t ‘needed’ but they gain popularity because they are entertaining. I personally don’t think a new app about stories is needed at all, I was just trying to help out with ideas.
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