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Ryan Hoover@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
Really creative use of Instagram, @maxdoblin. How do people win the product exactly? The first one to show up at the secret location? Added to my invisible apps collection. cc @iansilber
Max Doblin@maxdoblin · Co-Founder, CEO @ Hypeist
@rrhoover thanks man. Instead of hiding the product (reward), we hide tokens, which are redeemable for the rewards. Tokens can take many forms -- locks, art pieces, stickers -- etc. Once someone finds a token, they take a photo of it and DM it to us on Insta. We'll hit them back and let them know where they can snag their reward. Sometimes we have a drop s… See more
David Carpe@passingnotes · Thinker & Layabout
@maxdoblin brilliant - was just wondering what you would do with larger items
Mike Smith@mrmikesmith · Helping and learning
@rrhoover love the invisible app collection. This team was a few years after me at @SyracuseU and like most students full of ideas and short on tech. But instead of just lamenting they built a real business. Love the idea of standing on shoulders of giants and building on top of Instagram.
Max Doblin@maxdoblin · Co-Founder, CEO @ Hypeist
@passingnotes allows us to get pretty creative with the tokens, too!