My latest genius app idea, this time to bring #ActuallyAutistic interaction badges to mobile communication.

https://cybre.space/media/uwAA7Orxe0PZncBbQhw

@cassolotl Is there any benefit from seeing yellow without a checkmark instead of red? You could just let the app 'read' whitelist preferences automatically.
A super interesting concept! I think it could be really useful, I also would like a reminder to talk to people who I haven't talked to in a while

@noiob For reminders to talk to people, Bea just mentioned this to me: https://monicahq.com/

And for the yellow-without-checkmark/red thing, hm, this is a good point. I guess the AFK interaction badges are just pieces of paper in a plastic wallet on a lanyard around your neck and you have to say to a human "you're on my yellow list, you can talk to me when I'm on yellow" - but for an app it can be smarter.

@cassolotl yeah, I've just read your tumblr post, and I think there could be some smart things an app could do, like automatically decay a badge if it's been up for a while. It might also be possible for the app to read notifications to be able to tell when you last spoke to a person. There's many possibilities that paper badges don't have ^^

@noiob If I wanted to be on white forever or something, that would be okay - an option to *not* decay a badge would be nice. Some people are just, like, really consistent. :P

For when you last spoke to a person, that sounds like beyond what I was thinking it would do. But if someone could make it user-friendly and compatible enough, it might be worth a try? I'd be curious to see that in action, even if I can't imagine it. :)

@cassolotl @noiob Maybe a reminder could be useful? Like a notification that pops after X time without a change saying « Hey, you’ve been on [color] for that long, do you want it to remain? »
(I’m saying this because I’m the kind of person who’d really love that app, but would also regularly forget to change their status…)