Yesterday I decided to build a web app for seniors. Today I'm thinking about product ideas.
Seniors like to talk about the past. They seem to enjoy remembering times when they were younger and back to when they were in their primes.
I believe that there are many untold stories from the past, stories that could tell us more about our communities and our ancestors.
I know that there are many content sharing platforms, but I have something more suitable in mind for this type of content.
Social networks are great for sharing content, but the price you pay for using them (private data) is high, and there is the fact that you lose control and ownership of shared content as soon you post.
Now I know that this is ambitious, and I don't stand a chance to do this globally, so maybe it would be better to start locally. My first goal is to find a local community (think: small village) and talk about this idea to see if they are interested.
Wikipedia can tell you all the facts about any place, but could it tell you about their customs when they celebrate a wedding or when a baby is born? What about exciting stories that are not historically important but fun, engaging, and can tell a lot about that community?
Not sure how this sounds to you but try to imagine a website where you can select the year from the past and see pictures, text, video or any form of media that tells stories from that year.
Or you can select a family that has lived in this place for generations and see their stories through history. Content could be in categories. So, for example, you can see how wedding ceremonies developed through time.
This is my side project, and it should be relatively easy to develop this product. I'm also thinking about open sourcing it so anyone can use it to create something similar for their local community.
I have a lot more to think about, for example, how to monetize and motivate seniors to share their stories, but these problems are for some next log! :)
I would love to hear what others think about this idea. It would help me a lot to get some input from others!
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