Dislike the name. Doesn't suggest anything relevant to what the service actually does. Worse, it actively suggests something else -- something to do with color, perhaps for artists or a color-involving game. I also have a personal pet peeve of people hi-jacking existing words and trying to give them an Nth meaning. If the new meaning is at least similar to one of the existing ones, fine, especially if just in a different context or field or medium. But if the new meaning has nothing to do with the original ones, it just worsens the language for everybody. And yeah, could be useful service. May make sense for some existing bigger company or social network to buy and integrate them. But $41m for this, and this stage, feels very Bubble-y to me.
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#52This will become the Chatroulette of mobile photo sharing apps.
Especially in cities, where sharing photos with the people within 100 feet of you can include anyone in your 20 story apartment building. Even if the rate of obscene photos is low, just one could ruin the user experience.
What does constitute to you as obscene and why would it ruin your user experience?
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#53It sounds cool, but due to the name it's impossible to find in app store search. Edit: I was able to find it by searching for "color camera group", though curiously, not "color group camera".
It's difficult to find because it isn't fully indexed in the App Store yet. I'm sure it will be easier when the download count increases.
It's difficult to find because it's getting 2-star ratings.
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#54Wow - the first thing it does is to ask you to give your name and take a photo of yourself, then it shares it with random strangers without warning or asking your permission or giving a way to delete it. Pretty unpleasant initial experience!
Agree. I found the UI to be generally unintuitive: lots of new icons that didn't immediately mean anything to me, the groups seem to create and disappear and not mean anything. I spent 5-10 minutes with it and didn't get it - not good for an iOS app.
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#55I really don't understand why it needs $41M in funding. Its just another photo app...I think its more of hype than the actual useful content.
Well, you could say that for almost every other "startup". I believe there are some cool use cases here but I can't see how this will generate money.
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#56I just tried the app and definitely didn't like it, it mandatory requires you to give away your location information otherwise you cannot use the app. That's not the way to go guys :S specially with the recent discussions about internet privacy...
using the app without providing your location would make you a voyeur, which is not cool.
the fact that they force you to disclose your location to use it is the first thing i've heard about this app that i like.
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#57I'm baffled and frustrated by the level of funding these guys are getting. Yes there are some interesting and smart people involved but the initial idea smacks of a solution to a non-existent problem.
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#58Dislike the name. Doesn't suggest anything relevant to what the service actually does. Worse, it actively suggests something else -- something to do with color, perhaps for artists or a color-involving game. I also have a personal pet peeve of people hi-jacking existing words and trying to give them an Nth meaning. If the new meaning is at least similar to one of the existing ones, fine, especially if just in a diffe…
How's Apple for a name? Does exactly what it says on the tin, oh wait...
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#59Dislike the name. Doesn't suggest anything relevant to what the service actually does. Worse, it actively suggests something else -- something to do with color, perhaps for artists or a color-involving game. I also have a personal pet peeve of people hi-jacking existing words and trying to give them an Nth meaning. If the new meaning is at least similar to one of the existing ones, fine, especially if just in a diffe…
How's Apple for a name? Does exactly what it says on the tin, oh wait...
That's ...err.. apples and oranges. Apple got its name before there was a web, before search engines. Plus, Apple isn't a term that is used frequently when working with computers. What do apples and computers have in common? Nothing.
Color is too generic a term and it's already used in computer lingo. This company might be able to make Color their brand, they might be able to one day own it like Apple owns apple, but it will take years if not decades.
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#60Burst bubble burst! Just saying....