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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 13 Jan 2020

      Is there an easy way to build, or a startup that offers, something that will email you once a day asking "What's happening?" and then accumulate the replies? We once funded a startup that did this, and it left a hole in my life when it shut down.

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    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 13 Jan 2020

      Incidentally, if something like this doesn't already exist, it would be a great startup idea. I know from experience how well it works. It might not be a hugely profitable business in itself, but it would be a beachhead, and that's all ambitious founders need.

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    3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 13 Jan 2020

      Unfortunately, though, in this one case I can't promise that if you build it, I'll use it. Unless I know you, I can't trust that you won't read my emails. (I trusted the previous startup that did it because we'd funded them.)

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    4. John Seiffer‏ @BetterCeo 13 Jan 2020
      Replying to @paulg

      Hard to build a business when users have know you to trust the app.

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 13 Jan 2020
      Replying to @BetterCeo

      I'd trust an app that had existed for a while before I asked for it on Twitter. But this would be easy enough to build that it would be tempting to someone who wanted to play a nasty trick on me.

      5:43 AM - 13 Jan 2020
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        2. sarv‏ @SarvasvKulpati 13 Jan 2020
          Replying to @paulg @BetterCeo

          I just created two zaps on @zapier that allow you to do this without giving access to anyone new. Will take <15 mins at worst but work forever: https://www.notion.so/Daily-Check-In-Email-0450523111e64eca8e6234e41d58303c …

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        3. Francisco H. de Mello‏ @kiko_himself 13 Jan 2020
          Replying to @SarvasvKulpati @paulg and

          Did you just say “this and that” in a post about Zapier? Lol dad joke

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        1. Zeno‏ @Zenomercer 13 Jan 2020
          Replying to @paulg @BetterCeo

          Doesn't matter who makes the app if it's code reviewed and you own your own data (encrypted, your own) which is why this probably wouldn't be an email app. Also, email is easier to subpoena/discover.

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