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Re:Flag – Print ads on the back of people’s free photos on Saturday January 17, 2015 @07:48AM (#8904234)
Pictures don't lack demographic targeting. You can make a lot of demographic assumptions from the content inside of a picture.

Example: facial recognition says that this blob with eyes in the photo is a child. Flag may have signed up Babies R Us as an advertiser. Based on the notion that it's a baby on the front of the photo the back as should be for formula, college funds, or diapers.

The tricky part is building up the tooling to automate that process. But hey, most of that exists in the wild already.

Re:Dear Apple, why is my iPhone always full? on Monday December 15, 2014 @09:15AM (#8752011)
If Antenna Gate served as a template for how they could respond, the Jobsian answer would be one of: "upgrade to a larger phone", "use iCloud", or "don't take so many photos".
Re:Gmail API on Thursday June 26, 2014 @07:39AM (#7949086)
How would you link it into Evernote?

I built a repository like Evernote where you can email and text your content for saving. Butternote.com

Re:Show HN: Popcorn Messaging – Anonymously chat with people within 1 ... on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @05:03PM (#6643368)
It looks like button is slightly jacked up. Tap the register text. Thanks for the 411.
Re:Show HN: Popcorn Messaging – Anonymously chat with people within 1 ... on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @04:35PM (#6643188)
http://racut.com

Currently only available for iOS. The version in the store is a hybrid, we're working on an objective-C build that should be done in the near future.

It's a fun project.

Re:Show HN: Popcorn Messaging – Anonymously chat with people within 1 ... on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @04:28PM (#6643137)
Seems logical to partner with a physical event or space, because it helps to provide some of that social proof that people often crave to use something.

I think of it like a restaurant. You're probably going to eat at the restaurant that is busy, not the one that is empty.

Re:Show HN: Popcorn Messaging – Anonymously chat with people within 1 ... on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @04:14PM (#6643006)
The market problem is a very real reality. Popcorn is pretty simple, you need to invite you friends - but do you have to do that for every area to unlock that area?

We've been working on the same problem for a few months now but haven't quick cracked the market issue. Our app, racut, has a similar feature called Shout where you can say something and it appears over a 6 mile radius.

In addition to Shout you can also start a private conversation, or have a group conversation outside of the Shout stream.

It's good to see others entering the space.

Re:Advertising and the End of Instagram's Sincerity on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @07:12AM (#6514074)
"Instagram’s plan from the beginning has been to exploit that conceptual slippage between content and advertising in a powerful new way, because it is the social network with the greatest claim to a foundation of genuine emotion. Instagram has become what it is because people care about it and what they put on it in a way that isn’t true of Twitter or Facebook—and which is precisely why Facebook bought it."

Interesting statement, because while a picture is worth a thousands words, it's usually some lame brain comment in text that get's people the most worked up. For some reason text has this power. I can't remember the last time I got pissed off at a photograph. I'm sure naked pictures of your wife would constitute a scenario where you were to get pissed off.

Regardless, ads were a comin'. Will be interesting to see if it plays out differently than other networks. If you already follow American Airlines in your feed, why would AA pay extra to advertise to you?

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