Friends Near and Afar

Friends Near and Afar, Letters we Share and Cherish.


I just wrote a long, from the heart, a reply;

To a new user who joined our sub for SlowlyApp at Reddit this morning.

The post started as a comment, and I wanted to cheer her and offer some advice, from someone who has experienced quite similar events; and more than once, indeed.

Upon developing the comment, I felt it had a lot to cover, to share and to explain; and that it could be helpful to others. Since I have been posting actively on my new blog, it felt like good content for a new page.

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Collect Free Coins by watching Short Ads

Getting the Free Coins by watching Slowly's short videos is simple and a popular feature. You spend a little time, the ads can be just a static image (which can be closed immediately) or most commonly, short 10 to 30 second long videos.

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New and awesome Feature added May 2020

This morning was an exciting time for active Slowly users, those of us who visit and read, write in the Reddit sub for SlowlyApp found a new post — announcing a radical, lovely, awesome new feature.

The original Poster there only uploaded a screencap from his Mobile — but it was clear what it was.

Time Machine

Get 1 stamp from Special Days and Series that you have Missed. Check the Full Listing here.

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As we start the day, Early, a Notification :

On my phone screen, as I fired it up, to turn on wifi and start Slowly to check new mail... and for some coin hunting, as usual.

Things have been very quiet lately on Reddit subs, so I was happy to see an incoming Direct Message. From my good friend -littleghost. :)

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Another day and reply to a new Pen Pal gets written;

Contrary to my usual, this letter was written at night. The Weather has been good, most people are outside, doing yard work or exercising, walking, cycling. Warm weather is wonderful after a long Winter.

This is an example of the letters we share, with pen pals all over the World, via the magic of the Slowly App. A modern day take in the traditional penpal experience.

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Slowly Web mode Quick Guide.

A laptop (or desktop, meaning – a real computer) is absolutely THE BEST way to use Slowly and enjoy it. And since September last year, it became VERY easy to do with Slowly WEB mode.

And all it takes is a half decent machine, it runs from a browser tab, doesn't require much memory or processor power. Slowly versions since 5.0 support it.

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Another day and many new letters arrive;

And in a quiet moment, early morning preferably, I go about reading and replying to them.

Those are letters we share with pen pals in many countries, all over the World, via the magic of the neat Slowly App. A modern day take in the traditional penpal experience, developed and maintained by a small team in Hong Kong.

This was sent just this morning, and will reach the Web via my Blog post way sooner than the actual letter (which doesn't have the added pizzazz of imagery and links included) reaches its destination.

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And just now I wrote a reply to a new penpal friend, which is taking lessons in Spanish with the wonderful Duolingoa free languages learning app. [ Wikipedia has a good reference page here ]

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Have done it, have enjoyed it. Have you?

An idea that I had in the past, and for some time used, lightly — that a well written letter could enjoy more appreciation and readership if I could forward it to one or more of my most trusted penpals.

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Another day and many new letters arrive

...and in a quiet moment, early morning preferably, I go about reading and replying to them.

Those are letters we share with pen pals in many countries, all over the World, via the magic of the neat Slowly App. A modern day take in the traditional penpal experience, developed and maintained by a small team in Hong Kong.

My blog here will document features, ideas, suggestions, experiences from using this programme. I have been using it for almost a year, and it has been very enjoyable.

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