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Do you have any thoughts on a future revenue model? Maybe build out some kind of add-on "pro" features?

kyleburton 16y ago
That is a goal, what kind of things would you look for? What would be worth paying for? Corp/multi user accounts? Thanks for checking it out!
ax0n 16y ago
Aside from selling corporate whiteboard-secrets? (I kid, I kid...)
- kyleburton 16y ago
  Will definitely _not_ be doing that, but I should add reassurance to the faq/terms/privacy so people know what's what.
  - vineetk 16y ago
    Yes. Your current simple privacy policy ("We will not share your email address with anyone.") is nice, but it doesn't address the privacy of users' content (i.e. the images they send you). I don't doubt that you intend to do the right thing, but still, I was honestly a bit wigged out to not see any mention of the privacy of my data in the privacy policy.
    - kyleburton 16y ago
      Policy updated (ianal though), does it work for you?
  - ax0n 16y ago
    Indeed, I really was kidding, so no offense meant. I am an info-sec professional by trade, so I'm naturally a bit cynical and paranoid when it comes to offloading certain things to third parties. It's good to know you have a privacy policy, though. It wouldn't hurt if you explain your data retention and destruction policy, though. If you'd like some ideas from me on ways to improve your handling of ephemeral data, let me know. Contact info in my HN profile.
resudne 16y ago
Just thought I'd mention that personally I wouldn't mind an ad being placed in the return mail. Though I'm sure the privacy advocates would be against it, using OCR to determine keywords and targeting the ads would be beneficial for you as well as the consumer.
- kyleburton 16y ago
  Thanks, I appreciate hearing that. I had thought of putting an ad in the email, or even adding one to the bottom of the image itself - though I felt like that would be too intrusive and decided against it (adding to the image itself). Thanks for the feedback.
  - resudne 16y ago
    Unless you could find a solid impression based advertising provider or are willing to spend the time finding advertisers I wouldn't add anything to the image itself except (maybe) the URL to your homepage. For the email bit you'd still have to be careful with the TOS that most pay-per-click ad agencies have regarding email.

That is a goal, what kind of things would you look for? What would be worth paying for? Corp/multi user accounts? Thanks for checking it out!

ax0n 16y ago

Aside from selling corporate whiteboard-secrets? (I kid, I kid...)

kyleburton 16y ago
Will definitely _not_ be doing that, but I should add reassurance to the faq/terms/privacy so people know what's what.
- vineetk 16y ago
  Yes. Your current simple privacy policy ("We will not share your email address with anyone.") is nice, but it doesn't address the privacy of users' content (i.e. the images they send you). I don't doubt that you intend to do the right thing, but still, I was honestly a bit wigged out to not see any mention of the privacy of my data in the privacy policy.
  - kyleburton 16y ago
    Policy updated (ianal though), does it work for you?
- ax0n 16y ago
  Indeed, I really was kidding, so no offense meant. I am an info-sec professional by trade, so I'm naturally a bit cynical and paranoid when it comes to offloading certain things to third parties. It's good to know you have a privacy policy, though. It wouldn't hurt if you explain your data retention and destruction policy, though. If you'd like some ideas from me on ways to improve your handling of ephemeral data, let me know. Contact info in my HN profile.

resudne 16y ago

Just thought I'd mention that personally I wouldn't mind an ad being placed in the return mail. Though I'm sure the privacy advocates would be against it, using OCR to determine keywords and targeting the ads would be beneficial for you as well as the consumer.

kyleburton 16y ago
Thanks, I appreciate hearing that. I had thought of putting an ad in the email, or even adding one to the bottom of the image itself - though I felt like that would be too intrusive and decided against it (adding to the image itself). Thanks for the feedback.
- resudne 16y ago
  Unless you could find a solid impression based advertising provider or are willing to spend the time finding advertisers I wouldn't add anything to the image itself except (maybe) the URL to your homepage. For the email bit you'd still have to be careful with the TOS that most pay-per-click ad agencies have regarding email.