Alright so I think the BoringCaster v1 experiment has ended.

The original hypothesis was: If I build a fc client that only lets me post, I'll spend less time scrolling and instead just use fc to only put out ideas

Actual results below!

cofounder @ Internet Friends, Inc. (YC S22). Trying to be more curious about the world!

Turns out, the first attempt at trying BoringCaster for a couple of days resulted in: 

- I stopped using BoringCaster right away in favor of using twitter + warpcaster (because of muscle memory)

So, that brought me to the next phase: I was using BoringCaster exclusively on my phone, without access to twitter or warpcaster.

Did I start scrolling less and posting more?

Well... no. I just ended up not using social media at all for a bit because BoringCaster was *too* boring

Reasons why it was too boring:

- I didn't have feedback on my posts

As in, there was no replies that I could see, and I didn't have a notifications inbox like I do on warpcaster to see the replies or likes.

Which turns out, is quite demotivating!

Ok so maybe this is a foregone conclusion to most. Of course you say, you need replies and likes to make social media interesting!

And sure, I agree. But it was interesting to find this out with a practical experiment.

I thought maybe my desire to put my ideas out there would be enough, but it turns out it wasn't!

What other findings did I have?

Well, BoringCaster *did* break me out of my usual social media routine. Now, after starting to use the twitter and warpcaster apps again, I find that don't really scroll anymore. I just post and open the apps to see the feedback from those posts!

So in a way, it was helpful for the original goal. 

But I guess the experiment is interesting because I thought BoringCaster would lead me to only using BoringCaster (and adding replies + notifs), but in the end it sorta just changed how I use the apps I already used

Ok, so I was able to solve *that* problem by making a shortcut that opened BoringCaster whenever I clicked twitter/Warpcaster on my phone https://i.imgur.com/a6tjCPA.jpg