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Idea has been mentioned many times here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3594401 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3594401 http://news.ycombinator.com/it

Idea has been mentioned many times here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3594401 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3594401 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1049903 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1049903 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2877026 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2877026 Though I'm not sure how mission critical this is.. it's something you can easily find a gem for, and adjust for your own use in a couple of hours. And if you're a photo sharing startup/business, I would assume you wouldn't want to outsource something that I'd consider part of your core.

dmor 15y ago
However, if photo sharing is just one feature of lots of people's apps then they might be more willing to.
gregarious 15y ago
Hi - one of the founders of Chute. You are absolutely right that there are many ways to accomplish basic uploading and hosting. In fact, we've used those same gems time and time again and it was the process of re-building it that seemed problematic. When we started working on mobile, however, most of those things were not as readily available or accessible. That said, we're much more focused on the workflow that is required to make those photos useful. For example, if you're a publisher, you may need to have rights cleared, captions, user information collected, and even moderation before any user-generated content is "usable" to you. We're happy to help anyone get their prototype running and hopefully offer enough value on top that they won't ever want to leave.
- sstrudeau 15y ago
  Yeah. I have a lightly used production stack that is the very beginnings of a service like this. I think there is a lot of potential value here, if you can strike the right pricing/feature balance. Also a ton of opportunity to add value (look at some of the Ideé APIs for ideas: http://ideeinc.com/ http://ideeinc.com/ ). I'll be keeping on eye on this product & space in general.

dmor 15y ago

However, if photo sharing is just one feature of lots of people's apps then they might be more willing to.

gregarious 15y ago

Hi - one of the founders of Chute. You are absolutely right that there are many ways to accomplish basic uploading and hosting. In fact, we've used those same gems time and time again and it was the process of re-building it that seemed problematic. When we started working on mobile, however, most of those things were not as readily available or accessible. That said, we're much more focused on the workflow that is required to make those photos useful. For example, if you're a publisher, you may need to have rights cleared, captions, user information collected, and even moderation before any user-generated content is "usable" to you. We're happy to help anyone get their prototype running and hopefully offer enough value on top that they won't ever want to leave.

sstrudeau 15y ago
Yeah. I have a lightly used production stack that is the very beginnings of a service like this. I think there is a lot of potential value here, if you can strike the right pricing/feature balance. Also a ton of opportunity to add value (look at some of the Ideé APIs for ideas: http://ideeinc.com/ http://ideeinc.com/ ). I'll be keeping on eye on this product & space in general.