How we accidentally recreated old FB
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Background We started off with a simple idea for a product; we wanted to re-use the chat interface for everything except chat. It was supposed to be just for photos but expandable later. The idea was that most people already share their photos with others on WhatsApp or some other messaging service, which technically also ’tags’ the people who were there. So, why not turn the act of sharing into the act of organizing as well?

Blog post of how we accidentally recreated old facebook by adding a feed to our existing product

  • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I can appreciate the desire for such things but there’s a lot to be said about keeping the pressures as they are.

    Websites should follow old unix philosophy, frankly. Interoperate with eachother to some extent but each should focus on their core purpose. The business goon ideal of the everything site is terrible for everyone.