App idea: casual curated newsletters

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2021-06-15 15:00:05

A few weeks ago I wrote about how you can cobble together a few small apps to create an email/RSS-based social networking solution. It was interesting as a proof-of-concept, but it would be really nice to have something purpose-built for this. I think it would make a compelling product, and it would even be complementary with The Sample. I'm planning to build this at some point but am currently focused on growing what I have. If anyone else feels like taking a crack at it in the mean time, I'll be your first user!

Let's call this app "Kevin" for now. Kevin would be a combination of a bookmarking app and a newsletter service. It should be very simple. First, you need an extremely convenient way to bookmark things, which Pinboard nails.

Then, you get a landing page where people can subscribe via email (or RSS, for power users). It would look like a social media profile page, but with an email form instead of a follow button.