Why didn’t https://status.im/ take off?

Cofounder axis.xyz (YC W22). Humans for the best machines for the rest. Interested in legibility and beauty.

Why do I want to communicate with a person based on their wallet activity? Is that how people normally behave? I generally don't enjoy talking to people who are also shopping at Zara. I even don't necessarily want to connect with people who are at the same booth at Comic Con.

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Yeah. It's sleek, I just don't think there's enough of a critical mass in crypto and simultaneously not enough features for non-crypto users to adopt it. It's so hard to beat Discord, I feel. I'd be surprised if any messaging player comes close.

I hear you. I was mostly impressed with the clean UI and simple UX at the time and thought it would've been used by everyone esp eth folks.