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> snapchat meets tinder Now that is one unicorn idea, if there was one ;)

girvo 9y ago
I'm unsure if you're joking, but in case you're not: Tinder actually had a feature remarkably like Snapchat for posting images that were visible to all of your matches. Was quite a neat feature when used for its intended purpose: I met my current girlfriend through it as she posted an excellent German beer that I was a fan of, so I sent her a message about it. Of course, it was quite often used mostly for photos of male genitalia, according to my female friends. I assume that's why the feature was removed, which was a shame.
- ballenf 9y ago
  Should have kept it and introduced a "never publicly shared a dick pic" filter. I'd much rather services allowed people to do annoying/stupid stuff but then use the data to generate better filtering. There's a limit, however, and enabling photographic sexual assault probably crosses it. Finally a real life application of the Hot Dog, Not a Hot Dog app from Silicon Valley.
  - hmschreck 9y ago
    This is literally what they ended up doing with it.
    - ClassyJacket 9y ago
      No, they removed it altogether.
- gaspoda 9y ago
  I think that male genitalie pictures were reason why you cannot send pictures in Tinder chat.
- saurik 9y ago
  I am pretty sure the idea people are talking about here has nothing to do with messaging and everything to do with adding video: you can tell so much more about someone watching a few seconds of them moving and talking than you can staring at a stack of photographs. When I think about "why aren't profiles on these apps videos instead of photos", only having photos feels stupid in retrospect, but apparently other people disagree. https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/17/15561800/dating-apps-video-profile-tinder-lively-klip https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/17/15561800/dating-apps-vide... "The Internet is Moving to Video, but Dating Apps Choose to Arrive Fashionably Late" "Everyone wants to be Snapchat, except your dating service" > “I’ll admit it: video is scary,” says Behzad Behrouzi, who oversees product operations at Lively, a video-based dating app. “You’re showing off so much more of yourself than if you just posted a selfie. You’re showing your flaws, your personality, the real you — and that can be terrifying.” > Behrouzi calls video dating largely uncharted territory, but points to Snapchat’s success as an admirable model. “You’re sending videos to friends,” he says. “With Lively, you’re posting/sending videos to people you don’t know, which can be intimidating.”
- kaeluka 9y ago
  What beer was it? :-)

I'm unsure if you're joking, but in case you're not: Tinder actually had a feature remarkably like Snapchat for posting images that were visible to all of your matches. Was quite a neat feature when used for its intended purpose: I met my current girlfriend through it as she posted an excellent German beer that I was a fan of, so I sent her a message about it. Of course, it was quite often used mostly for photos of male genitalia, according to my female friends. I assume that's why the feature was removed, which was a shame.

ballenf 9y ago
Should have kept it and introduced a "never publicly shared a dick pic" filter. I'd much rather services allowed people to do annoying/stupid stuff but then use the data to generate better filtering. There's a limit, however, and enabling photographic sexual assault probably crosses it. Finally a real life application of the Hot Dog, Not a Hot Dog app from Silicon Valley.
- hmschreck 9y ago
  This is literally what they ended up doing with it.
  - ClassyJacket 9y ago
    No, they removed it altogether.
gaspoda 9y ago
I think that male genitalie pictures were reason why you cannot send pictures in Tinder chat.
saurik 9y ago
I am pretty sure the idea people are talking about here has nothing to do with messaging and everything to do with adding video: you can tell so much more about someone watching a few seconds of them moving and talking than you can staring at a stack of photographs. When I think about "why aren't profiles on these apps videos instead of photos", only having photos feels stupid in retrospect, but apparently other people disagree. https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/17/15561800/dating-apps-video-profile-tinder-lively-klip https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/17/15561800/dating-apps-vide... "The Internet is Moving to Video, but Dating Apps Choose to Arrive Fashionably Late" "Everyone wants to be Snapchat, except your dating service" > “I’ll admit it: video is scary,” says Behzad Behrouzi, who oversees product operations at Lively, a video-based dating app. “You’re showing off so much more of yourself than if you just posted a selfie. You’re showing your flaws, your personality, the real you — and that can be terrifying.” > Behrouzi calls video dating largely uncharted territory, but points to Snapchat’s success as an admirable model. “You’re sending videos to friends,” he says. “With Lively, you’re posting/sending videos to people you don’t know, which can be intimidating.”
kaeluka 9y ago
What beer was it? :-)