[HN Gopher] Show HN: A photo sharing app that isn't trying to be...
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       Show HN: A photo sharing app that isn't trying to be a TikTok clone
        
       We launched Pidgeon a few weeks ago, and since then we've had a
       chance to fix a lot of bugs and upgrade the usability a significant
       amount.  The app is made just for photo sharing. No videos, no
       NFTs, just pictures, comments, and chats. Each post is ranked like
       on reddit - a combination of the user upvote/downvotes and the
       amount of time passed since the post's creation.  We're also trying
       to stay away from ads, and instead adopt a freemium model. The main
       reason for this is because people are a lot more concerned with
       privacy these days, and if we aren't serving ads, then the user
       knows that we don't have an incentive to steal their data.  There's
       already a small community of about 1500 on the app, with a lot of
       them being professional photographers. So the photos going up look
       really nice (at least in my opinion). But we don't just want to be
       a community of people who consider themselves photographers -
       that's a mistake that other platforms like Flickr and VSCO make. To
       become widespread, you need to make your platform simple to use for
       the casual person; only catering to professionals will necessarily
       keep your community smaller than it otherwise would be.  Users have
       been asking for a desktop client, and while we don't have one yet,
       we do plan to add it - and it won't take us as long as IG to do it,
       and neither will it be an afterthought where the UX is
       intentionally made poor so that you're pushed to use the app
       instead. But we want to polish the mobile app first before we get
       there, and there's still a lot of work to do since it's super early
       days.  If you want to try it out, here's the link:
       https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.pidgeon.pidgeon
       https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pidgeon-simple-photo-
       sharing/id1605784768  And please do provide any feedback you have
       on the app! It really does help us make it better.
        
       Author : Fnalsk
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2022-03-20 18:28 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
       | Fnalsk wrote:
       | And because this community in particular is probably interested
       | in this, the app is made with Flutter. Highly recommend for
       | anyone that hasn't yet tried it.
        
         | itake wrote:
         | hn community is dead on weekends. I'd repost during the week.
        
       | itake wrote:
       | > The content you see is determined by people, not a magic
       | algorithm.
       | 
       | Isn't IG's algorithm "determined by the people"? The more
       | engagement (views/likes/comments, etc.) the more the content is
       | shown to other users. Plus its even smarter by customizing the
       | recommendations to your personal preferences (e.g. if you heart a
       | fitness pic, the algorithm will recommend more fitness pics).
       | 
       | Its frustrating to me seeing people being angry at {social
       | media}'s content recommendation engine. The reason why all these
       | companies have this algorithms is cuz they work... At worst,
       | you're re-inventing a less efficient wheel and at best, you do
       | what Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Youtube, etc. all realized is a
       | better user experience (the one you're trying to replace).
        
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