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bbd37
15y ago
Pixamid is similar to Color, in that we instantly share photos with those around you. But Pixamid gives the user more control, allowing them to limit sharing to just friends at the same place. We also focus on aggregating photos from whatev
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bbd37
15y ago
It is a matter of scale to a large degree - supporting so many developers efficiently, while still preventing harmful abuse. They both could improve in many ways, for sure, and given the contributions developers are making.
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bbd37
15y ago
Sure, it was a factor. The whole backend was built in 3 months, photo upload would have added another few weeks. But again, we aimed not to do that at all, wanted to be more virtual. At least until we heard form enough users that they wante
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bbd37
15y ago
We knew well the risks going in, but still sucks when you run into the worst-case scenario. It certainly moved forwards our plans to get in alternatives.
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The Dangers of Relying on Facebook
(blog.pixamid.com)
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15y ago
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Swedish Pixamid Beats Color In Photo Sharing
(arcticstartup.com)
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16y ago
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bbd37
16y ago
Would love to chat, sounds like what we are doing with Pixamid.
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bbd37
16y ago
Exactly... they are only creating more of a problem, in that everyone now uses different methods to take, store and share photos. And no one organizes photos, so it is a huge mess. If only someone could address that... oh wait, we do. For
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16y ago
Since our tiny 4 person startup built a photo sharing app with very similar core ideas, I was scared shitless this morning on first reading about Color. That passed. Wrote it all up on the blog, but here is what I think they have wrong and