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Panama

Share and upvote anonymous video around you.

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Jonathan Swerdlin
@jonathan_swerdlin
Thank you Erik, Sam, and Bryan for your input. College campuses are a great use case for Panama. We've had groups of beta testers at universities that are some of our most active users. It's of course a great demographic for adoption too. Cohesive groups of young people in close proximity makes a ton of sense. We see Panama as broader reaching though. Ci… See more

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Jonathan Swerdlin
@jonathan_swerdlin
What does it mean for our world when every location has a local, unfiltered video feed that anyone can post to anonymously? Panama started out as a quick 10% time project for our Brooklyn-based team this summer, and is now a fully released platform that fascinates us. We think of Panama as a contextual social network that unlocks a new format for storytel… See more
Ben Tossell
@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
Our pleasure @swerdlin - really cool app! Saw the TechCrunch article earlier: http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/15...
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Jonathan Swerdlin
@jonathan_swerdlin
Thank you Erik, Sam, and Bryan for your input. College campuses are a great use case for Panama. We've had groups of beta testers at universities that are some of our most active users. It's of course a great demographic for adoption too. Cohesive groups of young people in close proximity makes a ton of sense. We see Panama as broader reaching though. Ci… See more
Erik Lundberg
@erikclundberg · Fireside
How are you going to avoid abuse problems seen on similar apps (e.g. Yik Yak), or will you leave it 100% unfiltered?
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Jonathan Swerdlin
@jonathan_swerdlin
Hi Erik, thanks for the question. We consider Panama to be decentralized. It is true that behind the veil of anonymity people can do things they would not otherwise do, though this is an opportunity that allows people to express themselves authentically and be uninhibited in their storytelling and documentation. Down-voting can help ensure that illegal … See more