SocialCam is a cancer

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4095743
by jmathai • 14 years ago
7 4 14 years ago

So I was sitting in my living room as my wife asks me if I want to watch this video of a big pimple. She knew she couldn't stomach it herself. I obliged and was disgusted and entertained for about 3 minutes.

After watching it I let my wife know that "WTF Pimple" would be posted to her Facebook feed/timeline/whatever. To her shock and dismay she checked and promptly deleted it.

Unfortunately, other friends and family aren't so keen on what SocialCam does as they watch videos through their site.

The world becomes a worse place when I see that my uncle watched a video of a hot yoga instructor or that my cousin watched a video about laser hair removal. (These were made up to protect the actual victims who inadvertently shared their viewing).

I've seen the HN/startup community really get behind SocialCam because of how many users they've got to add their FB app. They went viral. Yay for them.

But seriously, it sucks.

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