I'm one of those 1m, but just to see what all the fuss was about. To be honest I'm still a little bemused as to what unique problem it solves?
Maybe sharing of photos on iOS was a chore, but this is built in to Android by design.
The filters are all rather "meh", not especially outstanding or creative.
It's really frustrating because normally if I don't use or even like a product and I can still rationalize and see why others might. But I just feel like I'm missing out on "getting it" with this.
I believe their success lies more in the social aspects of the app. Looking at pictures from people you follow has less friction than on Twitter or Facebook. Also, the domain-specific nature of the network has its own appeal.
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I'm one of those 1m, but just to see what all the fuss was about. To be honest I'm still a little bemused as to what unique problem it solves?
Maybe sharing of photos on iOS was a chore, but this is built in to Android by design.
The filters are all rather "meh", not especially outstanding or creative.
It's really frustrating because normally if I don't use or even like a product and I can still rationalize and see why others might. But I just feel like I'm missing out on "getting it" with this.
I believe their success lies more in the social aspects of the app. Looking at pictures from people you follow has less friction than on Twitter or Facebook. Also, the domain-specific nature of the network has its own appeal.
Don't think of it as an app for you personally to share your photos. It's a photo-based social network that just stopped being exclusively iOS.