Thanks @hutchins@rrhoover and team for the love! Our aim here is to try out a set of silly ideas/mechanics we've been experimenting with, open it to a few more folks, and test where we've missed the mark / made something useful.
The general framework of thought behind Cap and our other work is to build out the backstage*, the inverse of success theatre*. …See more
Zack Shapiro@zackshapiro · Head of Mobile at Splash
@dtrinh The idea of success theater is really interesting. You're basically shooting for digital vulnerability.
I'm guessing the ephemerality of Cap, Snapchat and others take the importance off the perfection of the photo and gear it more towards your intended audience in that moment. The moment itself is downplayed a bit too since it's not attached to your…See more
@dtrinh I see some similarities between what you're going for (at least as I understand it) and Path. Reading from the "backstage" article you linked to, one key is that the audience is not present; backstage you're performing for another group: the performers themselves. However, as far as I can tell with Cap, anyone can add anyone else and see their caps.…See more
