Can a Mobile-Rookie Founder Crack The Image Sharing Space With Imgfave (YC S12)?

http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/01/can-a-yc-mobile-rookie-founder-crack-the-photo-sharing-space-with-imgfave/

by stevewillows • 14 years ago

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karamazov• 14 years ago

When I first saw Imgfave, I dismissed as just another image sharing site, but decided to check it out anyway.

Half an hour later I was still scrolling through the pictures.

mthmohan• 14 years ago

yeah me too.. thot i'd spend a couple of min to check it out..

stephengillie2• 14 years ago

I don't like the site, and I think it'll fizzle quickly. I'm always incorrect when I feel this way...

ianstallings• 14 years ago

Having competition is a good sign, it means there is a market for your wares. The question will be implementation. In the app store there are many clones, but the polished ones stand above.

Good luck!

laberge2• 14 years ago

This is sort of like Pintrest with less famine undertones. I kind of like it, it's got a little 9Gag in it without being annoying too.

sliverstorm• 14 years ago

Famine undertones? There's far too much food on Pintrest for that.

jlees• 14 years ago

Either a misspelling of feminine or referring to the thinspiration bannings:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/26/pinterest-thinspira...

laberge2• 14 years ago

Oh man, that was a really good/bad spelling mistake.

brador• 14 years ago

Profitable? Really? With ads from a Reddit type userbase? Or am I missing something?

dinkumthinkum• 14 years ago

I don't know about you guys but I think I'm all shared out of images. Cute or funny images with captions ... I get it but at this point why is this better than the Wal-mart culture we all so rage against?

samstave• 14 years ago

Agree - but never underestimate the power of the Toys-R-Us biz model: new, young, naive people are the worlds only true renewable resource.

As each wave of people mature into your target market... you have a steady stream of people who like your stuff. Even if it is plastic crap from china or digital crap from silicon valley.

This alone will be what keeps facebook afloat - the kids, and the desire of their familial connections to attempt to keep tabs of their lives.

Is it insanely profitable? No, we've realized that in the last few months - is it sustainable, yes. But even moreso, its cancerous to freedom...

Anyway - apps and services like this will be a never ending wave.

Xcelerate• 14 years ago

That reminds me a lot of this comic: http://xkcd.com/1053/

alttab• 14 years ago

I took a look! But it seems the target market is teenage girls. Maybe I need to configure it, but why? Between reddit, imgur, pinterest... Really what's the difference? How many profitable image sharing apps can the world actually support?

I'll admit I didn't spend much time on the site (simply because all the images I saw were of cute boys) but I failed to see the differentiator or innovation. What's the original idea here?

Can a Mobile-Rookie Founder Crack The Image Sharing Space With Imgfave (YC S12)?

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