The episode, in writing
by Richard Lovatt · from the episode above, checked against what was said
Funnily enough, I think I've been asked that before, but I think the real simple answer is less friction. Because when you're designing an app and you're trying to get people to use it, the more friction you have, the more likelihood people drop off and don't use it. And when it comes to recording in public, building in public, obviously video is where you want everyone because it's the most compelling. But the easiest way is to get them to join is to just use their voice. A lot of introverts, a lot of builders out there, are introverts who would probably do this if it just meant they can talk and it spoke to them like this. I think this is a real cool feature for them, and it's a stepping stone for them to create more and more content and eventually move to video.
That's a really tough question to answer, who would be the main folks drawn to the voice option. I'm gonna guess, as I said, introverts. I know for sure there's a huge amount of founders, builders, and even people with mature businesses out there who are just introverts. They're not confident on camera making content like that. Being on camera, looking at a screen, talking, is a big ask, but they probably also know the value of creating and documenting. So I think this will be a good stepping stone for them.
Well, they've not got much choice, because if it's just voice, then they'll be doing many podcasts, don't you think? It would just be talking and documenting about their process, like exactly what I'm doing now.