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From the Tech Crunch article [0]: "Over the next six months, they set out to build an app where “there’s way less pressure to create because everyone is creatin

by Kopion 12y ago

From the Tech Crunch article [0]: "Over the next six months, they set out to build an app where “there’s way less pressure to create because everyone is creating”, Reuben says." I have never felt pressure to "create". Has anyone outside of the SV/SF bubble felt pressure to create? [0]: http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/17/facebook-slingshot/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/17/facebook-slingshot/

k-mcgrady 12y ago
>> ""Over the next six months, they set out to build an app where “there’s way less pressure to create because everyone is creating”" WHAT? How do they go from that to: "We should force people to create and send images, even if they don't want to, just so they can see what they've been send!"
- SifJar 12y ago
  This quote is best understood from within the context of the article. At my first glance, I thought the same as you, then I read the article. Basically, they're not saying that people shouldn't feel pressure to reciprocate (obviously), they're saying that people needn't feel pressure when "creating" something, because everyone else is "creating" stuff too, so most of it won't be excellent quality. They're not trying to discourage creation, but to make it that it's not intimidating to create, because of the vast amount of crappy content there will be (so yours won't stand out as particularly bad). That's my understanding of it from a (skim) read of the TechCrunch article linked.
  - k-mcgrady 12y ago
    Thanks for the context. I read a different article (NYT one) but was commenting here as it was the top voted one at the time on HN.
    - alttab 12y ago
      I hate Facebook status update anxiety. Some days I never leave my house.
rmrfrmrf 12y ago
In a similar vein, there were news articles a while back that talked about how moms using Pinterest felt inadequate when they didn't do enough "creative" things for their children.

by Kopion 12y ago

k-mcgrady 12y ago

>> ""Over the next six months, they set out to build an app where “there’s way less pressure to create because everyone is creating”" WHAT? How do they go from that to: "We should force people to create and send images, even if they don't want to, just so they can see what they've been send!"

SifJar 12y ago
This quote is best understood from within the context of the article. At my first glance, I thought the same as you, then I read the article. Basically, they're not saying that people shouldn't feel pressure to reciprocate (obviously), they're saying that people needn't feel pressure when "creating" something, because everyone else is "creating" stuff too, so most of it won't be excellent quality. They're not trying to discourage creation, but to make it that it's not intimidating to create, because of the vast amount of crappy content there will be (so yours won't stand out as particularly bad). That's my understanding of it from a (skim) read of the TechCrunch article linked.
- k-mcgrady 12y ago
  Thanks for the context. I read a different article (NYT one) but was commenting here as it was the top voted one at the time on HN.
  - alttab 12y ago
    I hate Facebook status update anxiety. Some days I never leave my house.

rmrfrmrf 12y ago

In a similar vein, there were news articles a while back that talked about how moms using Pinterest felt inadequate when they didn't do enough "creative" things for their children.