Text Me Maybe

https://twitch.tv/VapeJuiceJordan

Text Me Maybe is a web app that allows you to send texts without revealing your phone number! Each text thread will have its own unique phone number, and deleting a text thread will dissociate yourself from that phone number entirely. Built with JavaScript using React, Node.js, GraphQL, and TypeORM. Delivering and receiving SMS is powered by the the Twilio API.

Why?

A match in one of your dating apps wants to text you to schedule a date. You're not so sure you want to give out your number, if the other person ends up being a creep, them having your phone number seems non-ideal. But you don't want to say no. ENTER TEXT ME MAYBE. Start a new message thread, and all of your messages will come from a unique phone number. If something goes wrong, delete the message thread, and the phone number deactivates instantly!

Vision Doc

Thing I Want To Do In A Reasonable Time Frame

  • Phone Number Pooling
    • Phone number allocation based on area code (something to think about, maybe state-based?)
    • Minimize the length of phone numbers in our system.
  • Error Handling
  • Thread Pagination w/ infinite scrolls

Things Eventually Want To Do But Might Be Low Priority

This stuff I'm not particularly interested implementing personally, but I would be more than happy to if you are interested! :)

  • Auto-ending conversations
  • Billing
  • List virtualization
  • React Native App

Things That Will Make This Pitchable To VCs

  • Pitch Deck
  • Profitability Calculations
  • Numbers
  • Triangle Graphs
  • Pie Tables
  • Quadrant Charts