Re:Socialcam Now Available
by justin on Monday March 07, 2011 @01:27PM
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We will add independent login in the future. We started with Facebook because it is easy to bootstrap the network, it is where most people want to share their videos anyways, and it allows us to keep the content clean much easier as most people don't want to troll under their own name.
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Re:Socialcam Now Available
by sthatipamala on Monday March 07, 2011 @04:53PM
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I don't see what warrants this kind of vitriol against someone who just made a product which you are not forced to use.
Some of his speculation on the underlying reasons for facebook only auth (they don't want dirty videos) seem astute. As for the vitriol, Justin's reply seemed slightly disingenuous and people don't like being duped.
Maybe it was this that set off my bullshit detector, but then again, real bullshitter would be offended by these lazy attempts:
- Trust me, we use the app all the time and none of us would want it to autoshare.
In this day and age, you come out with "trust me". You must think we're stupid.
- We will add independent login in the future.
Why? It's an obvious Facebook video play and the market, as shown by recent events, is ready for it. Why say otherwise? It's a this for that, and that's ok.
- it is where most people want to share their videos anyways
Do you have any numbers gleaned from a survey that includes "most people" or am I to take your word for it?
- most people don't want to troll under their own name
You've never watched TV or are pretending noen of us never have.
Be authentic, make a kickass product. Is it that hard or do you have to lie to yourselves?