> 1. Even assuming both person A and person B use the service within a week of each other, the odds that they both use the same hastag are astronomically low. Person A says '#wannaGoOut', but person B says '#IWantToGoOut'. There are way too many possible permutations of a single thought.
My hope is that hashtags would become standardized, and hints (https://aytwit.com/thoughter#hints) will also help with this.
> 3. Without an app, I think you'll have a hard time gaining critical mass. If someone has a thought and all it takes to get it out onto Thoughter is to (i) open the app, (ii) type, (iii) and send, then it will be way more likely to be used.
Totally agree. An app would also allow the service to avoid email, and allow encryption on the client-side without the server seeing any plain text at all. Definitely a goal.
> 5. What if I see a cute girl at a coffee store, we hit it off, but I don't have her email address - or even her name? What then?
Good question! I don't have an answer unfortunately. Guess you gotta do things the old-fashioned way. :)