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Re: Show HN: A new image sharing service

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Post by Nadya »

Sir_Cmpwn wrote: post #23
Nadya wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For consumers this isn't too big of a deal. There are plenty of good-hearted people out there and "host my images" isn't something that requires a lot of personal trust (at least, for the kind of images I host). Some hosts don't scale much and can survive off donations. Others become too large and fall under their own weight. When one service becomes poisoned (as you described it) - I move to another service. Once up…

The internet doesn't need another ten thousand broken links when this one goes under, too.

That's thinking about a much bigger problem - and you're completely right about that.

Re: Show HN: A new image sharing service

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Post by Tossrock »

ecesena wrote: post #25
Sir_Cmpwn wrote: post #11

You should read this: https://drewdevault.com/2014/10/10/The-profitability-of-onli... Disclaimer: I wrote it

tl;dr: what about developers? When I started building Theneeds, we wanted users to be able to post, like in Twitter. And soon, we wanted users to be able to attach photos or other media. For media in the sense of an url that we then embed/display it's relatively easy. And even easier if you pay for an external service like embed.ly to do the job. For images it's a mess. We had to take care about uploading, resizing,…

imgix offers a solid solution in this space nowadays

Re: Show HN: A new image sharing service

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Post by CaptSpify »

bosdev wrote: post #15
pwython wrote: post #12

Looks extremely similar to Imgur, including the colors and modals. What would you say separates it from Imgur? Why did it takes a year to develop?

> Why did it [take] a year to develop? I believe this is your answer (from the About page): > Almost every piece of code is ad hoc, built from the ground up to be as lightweight and efficient as possible. My opinion is they most likely built many things which were already available in the open-source world.

> ...built from the ground up to be as lightweight and efficient as possible.

This is my favorite part. So many sites start out this way, then become slow, unresponsive and bulky. Here's to hoping it stays slim and quick.

Re: Show HN: A new image sharing service

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Post by emily_b »

Sir_Cmpwn wrote: post #11

You should read this: https://drewdevault.com/2014/10/10/The-profitability-of-onli... Disclaimer: I wrote it

Forgive the delay in responding.

Itsosticky was designed from the outset to be an image sharing service with community potential, contrasted with image hosting, it's a service that facilitates quick sharing of an image or screenshot with a friend or group.

When used for its intended purpose, direct sharing, as opposed to free hosting for hotlinking, there are features that make it worthwhile sharing an Itsosticky resource URI rather than a direct link to an image file. For example, zoom capabilities, that some people may find superior to those available natively in a web browser, albums and easy social sharing links, and not least, fast uploads from phones without the need for a dedicated app.

All users are invited to publish their images to the gallery for greater social participation or exhibition.

Re: Show HN: A new image sharing service

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Post by emily_b »

pwython wrote: post #12

Looks extremely similar to Imgur, including the colors and modals. What would you say separates it from Imgur? Why did it takes a year to develop?

Finding a way to provide viable (fast and high quality) image resizing on phones was one of the biggest challenges.

Re: Show HN: A new image sharing service

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Post by Sir_Cmpwn »

emily_b wrote: post #34
Sir_Cmpwn wrote: post #11

You should read this: https://drewdevault.com/2014/10/10/The-profitability-of-onli... Disclaimer: I wrote it

Forgive the delay in responding. Itsosticky was designed from the outset to be an image sharing service with community potential, contrasted with image hosting, it's a service that facilitates quick sharing of an image or screenshot with a friend or group. When used for its intended purpose, direct sharing, as opposed to free hosting for hotlinking, there are features that make it worthwhile sharing an Itsosticky res…

None of what you've said here makes you stand out from your biggest problem: Imgur. None of those features are groundbreaking or even original. And how are you going to monetize? Running this service won't be free.

Re: Show HN: A new image sharing service

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Post by emily_b »

Sir_Cmpwn wrote: post #36
emily_b wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Forgive the delay in responding. Itsosticky was designed from the outset to be an image sharing service with community potential, contrasted with image hosting, it's a service that facilitates quick sharing of an image or screenshot with a friend or group. When used for its intended purpose, direct sharing, as opposed to free hosting for hotlinking, there are features that make it worthwhile sharing an Itsosticky res…

None of what you've said here makes you stand out from your biggest problem: Imgur. None of those features are groundbreaking or even original. And how are you going to monetize? Running this service won't be free.

Imgur isn't a problem, and this shouldn't be a problem for Imgur. There are similarities, but that's mostly due to necessity in good UI. If people prefer Imgur, they should certainly use Imgur.

I can't comment on what might be right or wrong with other sites, not in the capacity of someone promoting a competing product.

Itsosticky is fast (server hardware permitting), modern, has no advertising at all at the moment, and no third-party sharing widgets.

I can't discuss plans for monetisation - there are none as yet.

Re: Show HN: A new image sharing service

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Post by dack »

Veratyr wrote: post #28
Sir_Cmpwn wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just the hosting costs. Our costs were pretty low, actually, but it was out of our own pockets and never turned a profit.

Were they low enough that they could conceivably be satisfied by donations? Certainly no startup but a self sustaining, non-commercial image host could be nice.

I think we need to think about why people might donate. Picture you use a service, it shows you an image... do you think to pull out your credit card and send them money? Why would you with all the other image services out there?

I mean, a few will, but I think you need to create something that actually solves someones problem in a meaningful way (that is unique compared to free services).

Re: Show HN: A new image sharing service

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Post by [deleted] »

Tossrock wrote: post #32
ecesena wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

tl;dr: what about developers? When I started building Theneeds, we wanted users to be able to post, like in Twitter. And soon, we wanted users to be able to attach photos or other media. For media in the sense of an url that we then embed/display it's relatively easy. And even easier if you pay for an external service like embed.ly to do the job. For images it's a mess. We had to take care about uploading, resizing,…

imgix offers a solid solution in this space nowadays

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