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Introducing Path 3.2: Private Sharing, Inner Circle, and Premium

18 points by talhof8 13y ago

IanCal 13y ago
> Your friends will know that they are in your Inner Circle by the star in the top corner of the moment. And people will know they aren't in your "inner circle" too then. Something I really like about g+ is my groupings are private.
danpalmer 13y ago
I like a lot of things about Path, but they need to learn how to monetize better, because I just have no interest in buying camera filters and chat stickers, I find both annoying. I would probably support the company in some way if they provided something more for my money, but there's no way they can keep going on these micro-payments.
- ramykhuffash 13y ago
  Any suggestions of things you might pay for? Also, would you mind if they did twitter style in-stream ads?
  - IanCal 13y ago
    > Also, would you mind if they did twitter style in-stream ads? Isn't the whole point that it doesn't have ads?
    - ramykhuffash 13y ago
      I guess it is, I was just curious to see if Path users would even mind
  - GBKS 13y ago
    I like what Whatsapp does. First year is free, then 99 cent per year. Here's their rationale: http://blog.whatsapp.com/index.php/2012/06/why-we-dont-sell-ads/ http://blog.whatsapp.com/index.php/2012/06/why-we-dont-sell-... That being said, stickers seem to work. Line makes 30% of it's revenue ($17M in Q1 2013) from stickers. More here: http://start.toshiba.com/news/read/category/Business/article/business2c-how_stickers_have_become_a_dominant_sour-ncrd http://start.toshiba.com/news/read/category/Business/article... The advantage of both stickers and subscriptions over advertising is that you don't need a sales team or the tech for serving ads and providing analytics.
  - danpalmer 13y ago
    The WhatsApp system of $0.99 for each year after the first would be one option. One thing I'd really like is the ability to buy photo books, journal, those sorts of things, made from the photos I take, and information I provide in checkins and updates throughout a journey, holiday, etc. It would be great to get home from a trip having checked in to everywhere, taken photos, posted thoughts and feelings, etc, and get the whole thing in a nice big physical book similar to the ones iPhoto in iLife can produce.
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scrrr 13y ago
"Private Sharing".
benwoodward 13y ago
If only this company would actually let me delete my account (not merely disactivate). After multiple ignored requests via their 'delete account' option on the app's support page I've given up.
tlrobinson 13y ago
I though Path was basically supposed to be the "inner circle" for your larger Facebook network.
- GrinningFool 13y ago
  Clearly, then, we're looking at inner-inner circles. Vs outer-inner circles. And the great thing is that now people know when they're in your inner-inner circle - which also means that they know when they're in your outer-inner circle. Which is better than being a mere facebook friend, I suppose.

18 points by talhof8 13y ago

> Your friends will know that they are in your Inner Circle by the star in the top corner of the moment. And people will know they aren't in your "inner circle" too then. Something I really like about g+ is my groupings are private.

danpalmer 13y ago

I like a lot of things about Path, but they need to learn how to monetize better, because I just have no interest in buying camera filters and chat stickers, I find both annoying. I would probably support the company in some way if they provided something more for my money, but there's no way they can keep going on these micro-payments.

ramykhuffash 13y ago
Any suggestions of things you might pay for? Also, would you mind if they did twitter style in-stream ads?
- IanCal 13y ago
  > Also, would you mind if they did twitter style in-stream ads? Isn't the whole point that it doesn't have ads?
  - ramykhuffash 13y ago
    I guess it is, I was just curious to see if Path users would even mind
- GBKS 13y ago
  I like what Whatsapp does. First year is free, then 99 cent per year. Here's their rationale: http://blog.whatsapp.com/index.php/2012/06/why-we-dont-sell-ads/ http://blog.whatsapp.com/index.php/2012/06/why-we-dont-sell-... That being said, stickers seem to work. Line makes 30% of it's revenue ($17M in Q1 2013) from stickers. More here: http://start.toshiba.com/news/read/category/Business/article/business2c-how_stickers_have_become_a_dominant_sour-ncrd http://start.toshiba.com/news/read/category/Business/article... The advantage of both stickers and subscriptions over advertising is that you don't need a sales team or the tech for serving ads and providing analytics.
- danpalmer 13y ago
  The WhatsApp system of $0.99 for each year after the first would be one option. One thing I'd really like is the ability to buy photo books, journal, those sorts of things, made from the photos I take, and information I provide in checkins and updates throughout a journey, holiday, etc. It would be great to get home from a trip having checked in to everywhere, taken photos, posted thoughts and feelings, etc, and get the whole thing in a nice big physical book similar to the ones iPhoto in iLife can produce.

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scrrr 13y ago

"Private Sharing".

benwoodward 13y ago

If only this company would actually let me delete my account (not merely disactivate). After multiple ignored requests via their 'delete account' option on the app's support page I've given up.

tlrobinson 13y ago

I though Path was basically supposed to be the "inner circle" for your larger Facebook network.

GrinningFool 13y ago
Clearly, then, we're looking at inner-inner circles. Vs outer-inner circles. And the great thing is that now people know when they're in your inner-inner circle - which also means that they know when they're in your outer-inner circle. Which is better than being a mere facebook friend, I suppose.