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Re:Socialcam hits 3M downloads by xcallmejudasx on Wednesday December 07, 2011 @03:01PM (#3325632)
@Socialcam, I noticed one of the comments on your page stating that the videos are removed from the phone and not retrievable but haven't had a chance to test this. Is there a reason for doing this and if so why?
Re:Socialcam hits 3M downloads by mwseibel on Wednesday December 07, 2011 @03:13PM (#3325721)
Can you be more specific? I am not sure what you are referring to. Thanks.
Re:Socialcam hits 3M downloads by jerrya on Wednesday December 07, 2011 @05:56PM (#3326591)
I installed sc on my Android phone.

I used it to take a 3 second video of my keyboard.

It uploaded to sc, where I can see the video just fine.

On my Android phone, I cannot find the video anywhere -- It does not show up in gallery.

None of the other videos I see in my Android Gallery show up in the socialcam app to share them, and socialcam does not show up in the typical Android share menus.

At socialcam.com, I can see the video I took, and can share it, but there seems to be no way to delete it, modify it, or download it.

Re:Socialcam hits 3M downloads by teyc on Wednesday December 07, 2011 @03:30PM (#3325822)
I'm more interested to learn how SocialCam managed to get so much interest? Is it ThanksGiving, therefore giving people a reason to show something off?
Re:Socialcam hits 3M downloads by mwseibel on Wednesday December 07, 2011 @03:43PM (#3325906)
When we bring users in for user testing and ask them when they are most likely to take their next video - the number 1 response is during a special event (birthday, christmas, graduation, etc). The holiday season is very very kind to Socialcam.
Re:Socialcam hits 3M downloads by teyc on Wednesday December 07, 2011 @03:50PM (#3325935)
This also presents a problem if the app is not frequently used. The social/notification aspect should keep users coming back. I guess the hard part is you need at least 50-60 friends for users to engage once a day.
Re:Socialcam hits 3M downloads by leak on Wednesday December 07, 2011 @02:44PM (#3325547)
Socialcam, you're missing a popular tab. Finding "friends" is like a pain in the ass. The popular tab is basically what made Instagram usable for me.
Re:Socialcam hits 3M downloads by mwseibel on Wednesday December 07, 2011 @03:08PM (#3325687)
its coming - don't worry :)
Re:Socialcam hits 3M downloads by leak on Wednesday December 07, 2011 @04:20PM (#3326076)
Awesome!
Re:Socialcam hits 3M downloads by draggnar on Wednesday December 07, 2011 @04:13PM (#3326048)
yeah - put the social into socialcam!