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Ryan Hoover@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
Congrats on the launch, @mikeyk. Why did you decide to build this as a separate app vs. bundling into Instagram?
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Mike Krieger@mike_krieger
@rrhoover mostly to keep our main app production flow as simple as possible, and we can learn more quickly with it as a separate app.
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Bram Kanstein (@bramk)@bramk · Creator of @startupstash
@rrhoover @mikeyk But you guys do have a lot of data right? Obviously there are a lot of people who post collages etc. - eg you can validate if a new "feature" like collages is a good idea to put in the main app?
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Ryan Hoover@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
@mikeyk that makes a lot of sense. Although you're a mobile-focused company, I'm curious if you use the web to test new ideas and if you have plans to create more web-centric photo experiences.
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Ben Halpern@bendhalpern · CTO of argohq.com and creator of dev.to
@rrhoover @mikeyk @bramk I feel like even if it's what people want, it is not necessarily what's best for the experience. I don't really want to scroll through even smaller photos then are already served on my phone. I think that for Instagram, collages are behavior they would like to discourage, but this new app is them saying that as long as people would … See more
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