Where I struggle with this is on the basis of the idea. At this point why not turn everyone into a Holo Live character or some other metaverse style creation? Our face is part of who we are and removing that feels very unnatural to me.
MaskerAid iOS App
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Re: MaskerAid iOS App
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is another reason that he mentioned. If podcasting doesn’t work out, he can show that he still has up to date iOS development skills.
Ok, but he also mentioned it took him 6 months to make it, so those skills might not be quite up to date...
Not long after that, they talk about how the first version of the app that had all the functionality was done much earlier, and the rest of the time was due to him doing pass after pass improving the UX (and time off for the holidays). That's incredible dedication and I honestly think it reflects well on him.
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#23Where I struggle with this is on the basis of the idea. At this point why not turn everyone into a Holo Live character or some other metaverse style creation? Our face is part of who we are and removing that feels very unnatural to me.
I think the point is in fact to obscure the subjects' identity.
Re: MaskerAid iOS App
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
> What's even the point of posting a photo of your child, with the face hidden? Seems very niche. Might be a cultural US thing, but this is something my wife does a lot and I see a lot of people doing. It's one of those things that might not make sense if you don't have kids.
I have kids, and don't mind posting their photos. But if I did, why post at all? It just seems weird. "Here's my son, minus the face. Oh he's so cute!"
I think it's like a preference - I don't understand it either, but I've seen it enough times that I don't think it matters whether I understand. Some people like it.
Re: MaskerAid iOS App
#25I don't get the use case at all. Just stop sharing images of people. We are living in backward times indeed. What is next? The social app that makes you anonymous?
Have you heard of 4chan?
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#26> There’s several reasons you may want to hide a face:
> [...]
> * The faces of protestors who are standing up against a grotesque war
I don't know if I find this disgustingly opportunistic or a solid gesture of protest and support.
Maybe both
Re: MaskerAid iOS App
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Personal attacks are a bad look. This sort of nitpicky comment is exactly why people stress about putting stuff on the Internet.
It's not an attack, it's just a statement. If one purpose is to appear employable, he should not mention that it took him 6 months to write it because that is just too long.
It's one thing to "write an app" and something else completely to bring it to a standard consumable by lay users.
Having published and maintained an app that is in active use by even a couple hundred users gives you an advantage in employability and quite a big one at that.
Your post makes it seem like you have neither published an app yourself nor hired single devs who have, and it's easy to not appreciate.
Re: MaskerAid iOS App
#28I heard him say on some podcast that he thinks there is a possibility for him to make real money on this, but I would say there isn't. Very few people care about this, and almost none of that already small group will have heard of the app. Plus I can't even see how this simplifies anything, if you're posting to instagram it's surely simpler to skip the extra step and just use instagram's built in editor, even if you…
Heard the same, thought the same. Casey succumbed to the struggle I find myself dealing with all the time - he found a problem with a technological solve and solved it with technology, which is only something other technologists do or want. Like you said, Instagram has a facility to already put stickers on images for people who wish to censor their pics. If they're not using Instagram, maybe the other program can do…
As one of our VCs once wisely said to us: "The hardest thing is to get a consumer to install a new app. Deliver your solution any way other than its own app."
Re: MaskerAid iOS App
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
> What's even the point of posting a photo of your child, with the face hidden? Seems very niche. Might be a cultural US thing, but this is something my wife does a lot and I see a lot of people doing. It's one of those things that might not make sense if you don't have kids.
I have kids, and don't mind posting their photos. But if I did, why post at all? It just seems weird. "Here's my son, minus the face. Oh he's so cute!"
For some, its not about the kids its about showing themselves as a parent.
For others, its about sharing with people that you know that you and your kids had a good time while providing some privacy protection for your kids. Micro-managing who can see what picture is hard, the people that know your kids get the full mental image from the picture.
Re: MaskerAid iOS App
#30> There’s several reasons you may want to hide a face: > [...] > * The faces of protestors who are standing up against a grotesque war I don't know if I find this disgustingly opportunistic or a solid gesture of protest and support. Maybe both
Creator clearly wants the app for their own use case, but correctly identified another. It is neither.