Hey all, I'm Garrett and I'm a software engineer from Oregon. I've used journaling as a tool to help me untangle my thoughts for the last 15 years. I went from paper, to a notepad app, to Svbtle (blogging platform), to Google Docs, and finally decided to build my idea of the perfect online journal—one with an emphasis on minimalism, mental health, and self-discovery. Thanks for dropping by and happy journaling, G |
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I just got past the Facebook login nag. I have fat fingers and those "x" things get smaller all the time.
I have a few concerns.
First, anything online can go offline, permanently, and many do.
Second, I really don't want to talk to AI. I want to talk to people who share my concerns and experiences. I don't know who or what AI has been trained on.
I have been journaling on paper for ages. Every new year, I ask if I want to go electronic. I just find that anything electronic has competition for my attention from everything else on the device, and I stick with paper. I have decided the same way since CP/M.
I have various data bits since the 3 inch floppy days, but all the "ideas" and reflections are in paper notebooks.
These have no bearing on the quality of your app, so good luck.
My previous online attempt was with Evernote, which I dropped when it was bought and all the US staff were laid off. Fortunately, the data is portable and I made a last data dump.
Thanks for the heads up—first time I'm hearing about this, will investigate.
Glad to hear paper journaling is working out for you, fair assessment of concerns around online journaling.
> I really don't want to talk to AI.
I've received similar feedback from a few users, the "Kind AI" feature has had low engagement, and I'm not using it much myself—I think I will probably remove it this weekend.