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Ryan Hoover@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
At the Upfront Summit last month, @ev mentioned they were working on a mobile-centric storytelling format. This feels similar to Hardbound by @nbashaw and Twitter Moments. Looking forward to playing with it.
Chris Messina@chrismessina · 🏆 PH Community Member of the Year!
@rrhoover might first thought was that this looks a lot like Hardbound.
Seth Louey@sethlouey · 🙌 2016 PH Maker of the Year Nominee
@chrismessina @rrhoover bonus points for @nbashaw for making Medium Stories Alpha. <3 Hardbound btw
Seth Louey@sethlouey · 🙌 2016 PH Maker of the Year Nominee
@chrismessina post script - I just updated my PH headline thanks to your inspiration.
Nathan Bashaw@nbashaw · Co-founder and CEO of Hardbound
@sethlouey @chrismessina @rrhoover definitely has some similarities, but I think we're building towards very different visions. If I had to compare the two, I'd say we aspire to be more like Netflix (premium content) and they are aspiring to be more like Snapchat (easy user creation). I wrote a bit more about it on twitter: https://twitter.com/nbashaw/stat.… See more
Mark Longhurst@markaudiowave · Inbound Manager
@nbashaw @sethlouey @chrismessina @rrhoover On Hardbound's homepage is a quote from Ev Williams himself, saying "I love Hardbound. They are pushing the boundaries of mobile-based storytelling." I really like both ideas, there are definitely differences between the two in how they can be developed. I expect some use cases will show us the true potential of M… See more
keyul@keyul · Maker of Bot Stash, Product Huntian
@nbashaw @sethlouey @chrismessina @rrhoover Hardbound team has made clear they are going to be publisher only, not platform to maintain quality in their last story telling.