Let’s say I applied to YC. With a really BIG idea! Like everyone thinks that their idea is big enough to apply to YC. At least I assume it.
My idea is follow(object);
Okay, I really applied to YC with this idea and… of course I check my email everyday, idk why but I also followed their social media account’s YouTube, Instagram, TikTok. Like to be ready if something happens You know, to say “Yes, I already follow You”.
I clicked the links in their website footer, and followed in each platform separately. YC Instagram: follow. YC YouTube: follow. And…
So, now notifications and follow in many platforms completely broken. It’s more like “power-like”, “we see that you REALLY INTERESTED in this Object.”
I really followed YC in Instagram. Of course all notifications from social media app are switched off, and we know why. You think when I opened insta they showed me last YC post? No. Trending video OR/AND an ad.
So, what if I’ll create a backend that can read channels and deliver signals, not whole content, just “published”. So this backend will be able to read all channels and deliver everywhere.
Through simple API I’ll create my bot in Telegram, that will send me notification every time in my conditions (when, how, what etc), when YC do something towards me: publish new posts, send me an email, like my post, etc. And what if I want only email, but able to see new posts by demand. I can switch off TikTok and Instagram now, and then re-activate them. Follow(YC);
And remember these backend can work with every app. So what if I want to get this updates from YC in… let’s say WhatsApp, or WeChat instead of Telegram, or…? Whatever, right?
That’s how it became DirectFlow.
ObjectD.channel.output -> ObjectF.channel.input. Everyone can change their output AND input channels.
So I started the project with this goal, and call it DirectFlow. First real implementation is here https://directfollow.com
Recently add Slack as delivery. I mean, an input channel. It means technically You can get all your notifications from everywhere in Slack or whatever app you want.
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