🟢 Prototyping
Social Updated January 15, 2025

Nurture

Relationship management app that analyzes your social interactions to help grow, sustain, and prune relationships across different friendship strata

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The Problem

We struggle to maintain healthy relationships across different social circles. Without understanding the natural layers of friendship, we either neglect important connections or invest energy in relationships that don't align with our capacity or values.

The Story Behind This App

Nurture

Understand and optimize your relationship ecosystem through scientific friendship strata analysis.

Key Features

1. Relationship Strata Analysis

What: Analyzes calls, texts, and social media to categorize relationships into layers: 250 acquaintances, herd, friends, close friends, inner circle, and intimate partners/offspring

Why: Understanding relationship layers helps allocate emotional energy appropriately

2. Growth Techniques

What: Personalized strategies to deepen relationships based on current strata position

Why: Different relationship levels require different nurturing approaches

3. Sustain & Prune Tools

What: Recommendations for maintaining healthy boundaries and letting go of draining relationships

Why: Emotional capacity is limited - pruning creates space for meaningful connections

User Journey

  1. 1 User connects app to phone/social media for initial analysis
  2. 2 App categorizes all relationships into strata layers
  3. 3 User sees visual map of their social ecosystem
  4. 4 App suggests moving friend from 'herd' to 'close friends' with specific actions
  5. 5 User receives techniques for pruning energy-draining acquaintances
  6. 6 Dashboard shows relationship health across all strata

Technical Architecture

Frontend

React Native for mobile

Backend

Node.js with Express

Data

PostgreSQL for relationship tracking

APIs

  • Screen Time API integration
  • Calendar sync APIs
  • Push notification services

Hosting

AWS for scalability

Moonshot Features (v2.0)

  • ☐ AI-powered strata migration predictions based on interaction patterns
  • ☐ Dunbar number optimization - maintaining exactly 150 meaningful connections
  • ☐ Relationship energy ROI calculator
  • ☐ Automated relationship pruning suggestions with graceful exit strategies
  • ☐ Push notifications tailored to each strata's communication frequency

Market Research

Similar to: Monica CRM, Dex, Clay

Different because: Uses scientific friendship strata model and focuses on individual's relationship capacity management

Target users: People who want to be intentional about their social energy and relationship investments

Open Questions

  • How to measure relationship quality objectively?
  • Balance between helpful and annoying notifications?
  • Privacy concerns with relationship tracking?

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