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Snapchat Geofilters are the next big thing

• bsamuels 10y ago
  I closed your page a half second after it asked me to sign up for a mailing list like seriously, do you actually get conversions through that? i've only ever seen it piss people off
  • alexkehr 10y ago
    It shouldn't have done that! I'll look into why it popped up so fast. Hmmm...
• notmarkus 10y ago
  Content blocked by a "give us your email" overlay. Click the X. Click area not large enough, nothing happens. Click the X again. "Questions about geofilters?" message blocks content at the bottom of the page. Click the X. Result: another, larger, "Questions about geofilters?" message. Leave. Write snarky comment on HN.
• doublerebel 10y ago
  Snapchat can be thought of as the most popular Augmented Reality app. They are the only app I see widespread in North America that convinced users to actually use QR codes, if only occasionally. Filters are an example of great UI in AR: it's intuitive because it interacts with your natural world. Snapchat is very well positioned to take location-based features beyond just filters. I think these kinds of real-world interactions are an awesome trend and a lot of the tech has yet to be built. (It also looks like the author removed the popovers. I didn't see any popups when reading the article.)