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Show HN: PicDigest - Send social photos to people who aren't on social networks

51 pointsby scottmagdaleinover 12 years ago
It's not perfect, but I wanted to get this out and in front of people sooner than later. Helpful critiques are VERY welcome.

9 comments

h2sover 12 years ago
Reminds me of a comment I saw on here the other day:<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4722671" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4722671</a><p><pre><code> &#62; Facebook is going to forge a new path to irrelevance, not &#62; take the same path as MySpace. People will stop using &#62; Facebook because (1) they outgrow it, (2) they get tired of &#62; it, or (3) it lost its usefulness. &#62; I don't believe another app will take its place. Rather, I &#62; think an existing app/platform is already Facebook's &#62; biggest competitor. And it's one you've been using for 30 &#62; years. Email. </code></pre> This really rang true to me and I think this project is further early evidence of the way we're headed.<p>Edit: Just realised that the comment I've quoted is actually <i>by</i> the creator of this project!
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pheelicksover 12 years ago
Good job. Nice clean design on the site &#38; email.<p>I made something in a similar vein a while back, although it wasn't linked to any social network: <a href="http://www.sendasaurus.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.sendasaurus.com</a> if you're curious. Basically you manually upload the photos and then it automatically sends them one at a time, once a day.<p>I think you're right to focus on the simplicity and mind-free aspect of the service. It might be worth reflecting this in your pricing too, eg have an option to pay $20 for an entire year. I definitely find it nicer to spend a lump like that and not have to think about it, than to see a monthly dribble of small amounts.
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jeffclarkover 12 years ago
Love it. A much better idea than getting my wife's parents on Facebook just to see pics.
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DrorYover 12 years ago
Great Idea! I could send photos this way to my parents. good job!
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crm416over 12 years ago
Surely unrelated to Eytan Levit's idea,[1] but very funny that these arose on HN at the same time! (although clearly Eytan's post is now specifically about his idea)<p>[1]seen at <a href="http://www.eytanlevit.com/post/34639708833/operation-hogwarts-getting-into-ycs-w2013-batch" rel="nofollow">http://www.eytanlevit.com/post/34639708833/operation-hogwart...</a>
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ed209over 12 years ago
One possible flaw here is that it only sends public images. I don't post pics (the exact pics I want to send) of my daughter publicly.<p>Isn't there a way to tag the photo as ok to send?
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atlbeerover 12 years ago
Product / Market fit for some of my friends (whom I sent it to)<p>Basically, young parents with kids and [grand]parents who aren't going to join FB. Perfect fit.
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nikunjkover 12 years ago
Love the idea. Great to share with non-techy families!
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Evbnover 12 years ago
Google Plus already does this, and its free. You can share any image/post with anyone via email, and you can make circles for batch send.
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