What makes it "privacy-first".
It sounds like revenue-first.
Ask HN: How would you launch a privacy-first, Instagram-like social network?
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#112> by far the most common mistake startups make is to solve problems no one has. - Paul Graham [1] I think this proposal points at an interesting issue that I see crop up often on sites like HN. It goes (I think) like this: 1) "I care deeply about what I perceive to be a problem." 2) Extrapolates onto some large critical mass of people, 3) That critical mass of people does not actually agree with the problem statement…
Pretty sure listening to PG over your gut (or worse, your brain) is a more common startup mistake than that one.
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#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
They also didn't come first. Vine was a very popular platform that seemingly shut down out of the blue (at the height of it's popularity). There was no real replacement for a long time after that. Tiktok first started out as Musically, allowing people to create mainly dance and lipsync videos. Only later they rebranded to Tiktok and pivoted to general purpose video content. The point is, even tiktok didn't just get r…
yeah exactly, no amounts of user research would lead to "people want a platform like tiktok"
With the possible exception of Vine's 200 million users.
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#114Many artists (and other users) would like to leave Instagram because they don't like Meta using their work and posts for AI training, but doing so is difficult because of how popular Instagram is compared to alternatives.
https://wired.me/technology/artists-are-leaving-instagram-ai...
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#115This is literally Cara. Artists love the visuals of Instagram, but oppose Meta's work on AI. Privacy first would also fit that perfectly.
Cara has some problems with funding and scaling too - it was founded by a photographer who knows her aesthetics but might need some technical (and financial) help.
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#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
Tiktok solves a problem no one has, and look at it go. Not a dig on PG or Tiktok. It's just such an outlier I don't really understand it, and to me it breaks the framework.
TikTok clearly solves two problems that fit squarely within Maslow’s hierarchy of needs: 1. For content consumers: “I’m bored, and want to be entertained with minimal effort.” 2. For content creators: “I’m externally motivated and need the self validation that comes from attention and praise.” Solutions to these problems have been sold for hundreds of years and trillions of dollars in profit. TikTok is the latest and…
Youtube already solved 1, 2.
What TikTok really solves is mixing a song from its library into your video and applying a cool visual effect.
No one with a youtube account is gonna download a separate video editing app and build a production pipeline at day 1 (plus copyright issues). It’s a stopper that separates viewers from creators. TikTok made creation trivial and that itself created an enormous funnel. It could afford to not even be a “short” video platform, that’s just a coincidence.
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#118Earlier quoted context omitted.
Tiktok solves a problem no one has, and look at it go. Not a dig on PG or Tiktok. It's just such an outlier I don't really understand it, and to me it breaks the framework.
TikTok clearly solves two problems that fit squarely within Maslow’s hierarchy of needs: 1. For content consumers: “I’m bored, and want to be entertained with minimal effort.” 2. For content creators: “I’m externally motivated and need the self validation that comes from attention and praise.” Solutions to these problems have been sold for hundreds of years and trillions of dollars in profit. TikTok is the latest and…
Self-validation is Herzberg (motivator, not hygiene).
Maslow hierarchy of needs is: Physical, Safety, Social, Esteem, Self-actualisation.
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#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
TikTok clearly solves two problems that fit squarely within Maslow’s hierarchy of needs: 1. For content consumers: “I’m bored, and want to be entertained with minimal effort.” 2. For content creators: “I’m externally motivated and need the self validation that comes from attention and praise.” Solutions to these problems have been sold for hundreds of years and trillions of dollars in profit. TikTok is the latest and…
Youtube already solved 1, 2. What TikTok really solves is mixing a song from its library into your video and applying a cool visual effect. No one with a youtube account is gonna download a separate video editing app and build a production pipeline at day 1 (plus copyright issues). It’s a stopper that separates viewers from creators. TikTok made creation trivial and that itself created an enormous funnel. It could af…
> What TikTok really solves is mixing a song from its library into your video and applying a cool visual effect.
That's what Musically solved 10 years ago, but it's not what TikTok is solving today. At this point, that feature is no different than the ability to add stickers to your Instagram post.
...which is not to undersell the achievement of Musically/TikTok. I specifically remember back in 2015, discussing whether such an app would even be a success, and deciding that nobody would ever film themselves karoke'ing to a song... but here we are.
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#120Earlier quoted context omitted.
TikTok clearly solves two problems that fit squarely within Maslow’s hierarchy of needs: 1. For content consumers: “I’m bored, and want to be entertained with minimal effort.” 2. For content creators: “I’m externally motivated and need the self validation that comes from attention and praise.” Solutions to these problems have been sold for hundreds of years and trillions of dollars in profit. TikTok is the latest and…
Self-validation is Herzberg (motivator, not hygiene). Maslow hierarchy of needs is: Physical, Safety, Social, Esteem, Self-actualisation.
I'd put the TikTok validators under safety/esteem, but thanks for the reference to Herzberg, I hadn't seen that before.