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Show HN: Instafall – Organize your Instagram feeds

41 points by emretekelioglu 12y ago

emretekelioglu 12y ago
With instafall you can follow any user, hashtag or media flows in a specific location. In addition you can catch medias which are shared near by you in a circle of 1-5km.
- lamby 12y ago
  > media flows in a specific location Can't seem to find that (can find "nearby"..)
  - emretekelioglu 12y ago
    From the left sidebar, click + icon, "add column" window will slide right. From this window click third icon(under # icon), then click add nearby. P.S. You have to give permision for sharing your location with app, when the browser asks. Hope you enjoy :)
    - lamby 12y ago
      That's "nearby", not a specific location
hsx 12y ago
As someone who uses Instagram mostly on their phone but would rather use it on my laptop more, this looks pretty promising. Good job!
- emretekelioglu 12y ago
  Thanks, hope you enjoy. P.S. Native mobile apps for iOS and Android are on the way
TheRealGL 12y ago
Pick a users? Nice app though.
- emretekelioglu 12y ago
  Thanks for your attention, fixed.
dblacc 12y ago
Cool, We did something very similar for a hackday not that long ago. http://picdeck.co http://picdeck.co http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/26/6071579/picdeck-is-a-tweetdeck-for-instagram http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/26/6071579/picdeck-is-a-tweet...
- emretekelioglu 12y ago
  Hope you success :) I think Instafall has much more features. Also native mobile apps for Android and iOS are on the way.
frabcus 12y ago
I wonder if Instagram will in the end shut down all third party clients like Twitter did. I feel once bitten twice shy - the whole non-standard Twitter client thing was a complete waste of everyone's time.
- lbotos 12y ago
  Well the biggest difference is instagram won't let you post from anything that's not the official client. They kinda "baked in" the need for their app in the flow. With Twitter, it was possible to totally have a "custom" experience.
  - StavrosK 12y ago
    Has anyone tried to reverse the call so they can post? How hard is it?
    - emretekelioglu 12y ago
      It's not too hard :) As you know official API doesn't support sending medias. You can send unofficially by using instagram websites URLs but you need users passwords. Its not appropriate to do in terms of user security.
      - StavrosK 12y ago
        Oh, I just want to write a short script to take my latest flickr uploads and send them to Instagram. I bet someone has already published some Python code, I'll look, thank you!
        terhechte 12y ago
        Instagram has filters in place that will flag / disable your account if you try to upload with anything but the official Instagram app. (that is, if they can detect that you tried that). You may have better luck using the Instagram hooks in a scripted Android Emulator
carbocation 12y ago
So, I work a fair amount with the instagram API and have, for example, added Realtime support to the most popular golang Instagram library. To the best of my knowledge, there are no bindings for getting realtime updates from any user which has not authorized your app. To me this seems quite silly but I believe it is the state of affairs. Consequently, you will have to poll for updates from selected users. Now, if someone adds a few hundred users, you'll essentially use all of that user's API calls to check those users for updates routinely. My point is largely that it's hard for me to imagine a service like this scaling well while guaranteeing freshness, due to the API's limitations. I post this comment not to be a downer, but to hope to learn from the authors about how they plan to deal with these limitations.
- emretekelioglu 12y ago
  Yes you are right, there are limitations in API, but these limitations are(5000 req/hour) far enough for normal users. Next feature will be the multi account support, and this feature will expand these limitations much more. Regards, Emre
domydeal 12y ago
I thought IG blocked apps using Insta or Gram in the user name?
- emretekelioglu 12y ago
  Any reference?
instafalll 12y ago
I'm pretty sure you are going to piss off instagram with your name. I think they even say not to use a name that has insta or gram when you sign up for the api. Other then that best of luck.
- emretekelioglu 12y ago
  Any reference?

With instafall you can follow any user, hashtag or media flows in a specific location. In addition you can catch medias which are shared near by you in a circle of 1-5km.

lamby 12y ago
> media flows in a specific location Can't seem to find that (can find "nearby"..)
- emretekelioglu 12y ago
  From the left sidebar, click + icon, "add column" window will slide right. From this window click third icon(under # icon), then click add nearby. P.S. You have to give permision for sharing your location with app, when the browser asks. Hope you enjoy :)
  - lamby 12y ago
    That's "nearby", not a specific location

hsx 12y ago

As someone who uses Instagram mostly on their phone but would rather use it on my laptop more, this looks pretty promising. Good job!

emretekelioglu 12y ago
Thanks, hope you enjoy. P.S. Native mobile apps for iOS and Android are on the way

TheRealGL 12y ago

Pick a users? Nice app though.

emretekelioglu 12y ago
Thanks for your attention, fixed.

dblacc 12y ago

Cool, We did something very similar for a hackday not that long ago. http://picdeck.co http://picdeck.co http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/26/6071579/picdeck-is-a-tweetdeck-for-instagram http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/26/6071579/picdeck-is-a-tweet...

emretekelioglu 12y ago
Hope you success :) I think Instafall has much more features. Also native mobile apps for Android and iOS are on the way.

frabcus 12y ago

I wonder if Instagram will in the end shut down all third party clients like Twitter did. I feel once bitten twice shy - the whole non-standard Twitter client thing was a complete waste of everyone's time.

lbotos 12y ago
Well the biggest difference is instagram won't let you post from anything that's not the official client. They kinda "baked in" the need for their app in the flow. With Twitter, it was possible to totally have a "custom" experience.
- StavrosK 12y ago
  Has anyone tried to reverse the call so they can post? How hard is it?
  - emretekelioglu 12y ago
    It's not too hard :) As you know official API doesn't support sending medias. You can send unofficially by using instagram websites URLs but you need users passwords. Its not appropriate to do in terms of user security.
    - StavrosK 12y ago
      Oh, I just want to write a short script to take my latest flickr uploads and send them to Instagram. I bet someone has already published some Python code, I'll look, thank you!
      - terhechte 12y ago
        Instagram has filters in place that will flag / disable your account if you try to upload with anything but the official Instagram app. (that is, if they can detect that you tried that). You may have better luck using the Instagram hooks in a scripted Android Emulator

carbocation 12y ago

So, I work a fair amount with the instagram API and have, for example, added Realtime support to the most popular golang Instagram library. To the best of my knowledge, there are no bindings for getting realtime updates from any user which has not authorized your app. To me this seems quite silly but I believe it is the state of affairs. Consequently, you will have to poll for updates from selected users. Now, if someone adds a few hundred users, you'll essentially use all of that user's API calls to check those users for updates routinely. My point is largely that it's hard for me to imagine a service like this scaling well while guaranteeing freshness, due to the API's limitations. I post this comment not to be a downer, but to hope to learn from the authors about how they plan to deal with these limitations.

emretekelioglu 12y ago
Yes you are right, there are limitations in API, but these limitations are(5000 req/hour) far enough for normal users. Next feature will be the multi account support, and this feature will expand these limitations much more. Regards, Emre

domydeal 12y ago

I thought IG blocked apps using Insta or Gram in the user name?

emretekelioglu 12y ago
Any reference?

instafalll 12y ago

I'm pretty sure you are going to piss off instagram with your name. I think they even say not to use a name that has insta or gram when you sign up for the api. Other then that best of luck.

emretekelioglu 12y ago
Any reference?