Glass – Photo sharing app and community • Hacker News Board

I found it very hard to figure out how to choose content, since I don't personally know anyone using the app yet. I like the concept, and I don't think I want an algorithm as a lunachpad, but Flickr always had groups/categories/etc that helped with discovery. I was surprised Glass didn't have anything similar to that. It felt like a huge hurdle to get into the app.

Re: Glass – Photo sharing app and community

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Post by cge » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 3:39 PM UTC

trymas wrote: post #2

> Photography Community Only for iPhone owners?

It certainly appears to be. That's a bit confusing, however. Every example photograph rather prominently notes the camera, not phone, it was taken with. The features seem primarily useful for camera-and-raw-processing photographers. The website doesn't seem to indicate that it's iPhone only, but the feedback section, and the lack of any way to log in or sign up other than the link to the iOS App Store, certainly suggests that it is. The feedback section even suggests that it doesn't support iPads well, and is phone-focused.

What's the intended usage here? Take a photograph with your camera, transfer it to your computer, process it there, export it... then transfer it to your phone in order to post it? Why?

Re: Glass – Photo sharing app and community

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Post by buildbot » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 3:40 PM UTC

It’s kinda disappointing to hit a subscription screen right after sign up, wasn’t expecting that. I definitely would not try out a social network with a subscription fee without lots of experimenting first.

Re: Glass – Photo sharing app and community

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Post by athenot » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 3:51 PM UTC

Is this essentially a reboot of Flikr, for mobile first?

Re: Glass – Photo sharing app and community

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Post by ISL » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 3:52 PM UTC

Does it interact with the open web? Are there examples of public-facing profiles one might see?

As Instagram closes down its interoperability with the open web even further (try visiting pages in an Incognito window -- sign-in is rapidly required), it opens the door to photo-sharing sites that are better net-citizens.

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Post by danellis » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 4:03 PM UTC

> No algorithms

I don't like this particular lie. It seems like as soon as we find it acceptable to tell it, we get to choose how complex or user-hostile the algorithm gets to be while still telling the same lie.

Re: Glass – Photo sharing app and community

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Post by klyrs » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 4:05 PM UTC

buildbot wrote: post #6

It’s kinda disappointing to hit a subscription screen right after sign up, wasn’t expecting that. I definitely would not try out a social network with a subscription fee without lots of experimenting first.

I kinda expected that -- they promise no ads, and they're going to host lots of big photos. How could they possibly offer that for free? I agree though, the subscription model should be clear before signup, without offering a few months for free, they're going to miss a lot of conversions.