Show HN: Jollyshot – ephemeral image hosting

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by therealarmen • 12 years ago

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jollyshot.com

netnichols• 12 years ago

I really like the simplicity and the 'guaranteed to self destruct' feature.

But... converting PNGs to JPGs makes it unusable for many many use cases.

vernie• 12 years ago

Please name some of those use cases.

stronglikedan• 12 years ago

Displaying text clearly and without artifacts surrounding it.

wmblaettler• 12 years ago

Preserving alpha transparency and depending on JPG compression used, preventing artifacts/lossiness

munchor• 12 years ago

Before imgur started keeping .png's, I just couldn't use it to show other people what I'm currently doing in my computer.

I share screenshots all the time and it really needs to be done with .png's for the clear image and text.

therealarmen2• 12 years ago

Thanks for the feedback! I've just been focused on getting it out the door. Will add PNG output shortly.

therealkyle• 12 years ago

There is always http://imagebin.org/ it's basic but has been around since the 90's. I think they get some OG cred in this, yeah?

ChrisNorstrom• 12 years ago

I love the ease and simplicity: I've got 3 suggestions.

1) Next to the View Count ("3 Views") impliment a feature that keeps track of the number of different IPs that generate those views ("by 2 People"). This is important because it lets you know how many other people have seen the image, not just how many times the page has been reloaded.

2) Make it so users can drag and drop an image into whatever page they're on. Even if it's the user page, front page, photo page. Don't make me have to go back to the home page.

3) Instead of calling it JollyShot.com you should grab TempShot.com before anyone else does. I think the new name would fit better with the service.

doh2• 12 years ago

Be careful, as they don't really delete the files, only don't show them on the site.

Here is an example. I uploaded a picture that was shown here http://jollyshot.com/Kzg7Xe where you can see that "This photo has expired!" but the image is still accessible here http://jollyshot.s3.amazonaws.com/media/5e34cc07d5fc6b390c1d...

dec0dedab0de• 12 years ago

looks like they fixed that.

therealarmen2• 12 years ago

We permanently delete all expired files from S3 every 30 minutes. Check your link -- the text will change from "expired" to "deleted".

doh2• 12 years ago

Shouldn't you delete it at the moment when you stop showing it on the site?

glupin23• 12 years ago

I think one of the understated and potentially most interesting use cases for this app, is its ability to easily transform another service into an ephemeral photo sharing application. With Jollyshot, my Facebook post, becomes more like a Snapchat.

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