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Shorts

Follow people's camera roll, from the makers of Highlight

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Paul Davison
@pdavison · Founder/CEO, Highlight
Hi all! We’ve really been looking forward to sharing Shorts with you today. Our goal with the app is to help you feel like you’re with people, even when you’re far away. It’s the most personal and intimate thing our team has ever built. The most important thing to realize about Shorts is that it isn't about sharing your best photos. It’s about sharing the… See more

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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
I’ve been playing with this new app from the Highlight team for a few days. Shorts may be one of the fastest ways to share several photos and videos from your camera roll with your friends and the world (through its discovery feed of people nearby).  I also really like the comment annotations (screenshot below), enabling a new way of socializing around your… See more
Owen Williams
@ow · Digital Director at VanMoof
I love the idea of this! The commenting system looks dope. I'm @ow on there if anyone wants to hang on Shorts...
Bryant Peng
@bryantpeng · Product Designer
Encroaching on Snapchat territory I see 😉 The model is interesting. Snapchat creates habits by forcing people to use their camera, and while I wasn't a fan at first it's obvious that it does wonders for engagement. Y'all are doing it the other way around, so I'm worried it's not habit-building enough...seems like it might be easy to forget about. Would lov… See more
Roman Tobe
@romantobe · Sporting Vote, Founder and CEO
The local discovery feature (which showed me photos from Germany even though I'm in SF, but whatever) is pretty cool and basically an app into itself. Kind of like if Highlight was all photo-based. Adding comments is done well. I was admittedly hesitant about which photos of mine get uploaded when seeing the "allow shorts camera access" popup, and thought fo… See more
angielim
@angielim · Co-founder, Bento Cam
I had been using Roll for a bit when it came out but was difficult as you say below, to know exactly where the "home" area was and what I could do or where my photos were being shared. It's a really interesting evolution from Roll to Shorts, but is swiping through photos to decide to share or keep going to be an integral part of the experience? For a trigger… See more