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Slingshot 2.0

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Joey Flynn
@wjosephflynn · Product Designer
@rrhoover — I think there were a couple things: Probably the biggest was that we took a bunch of risks in the first version, some which paid off and others that didn't. I guess this was less of a surprise as we totally understood going into it that you never get it right the first time but our goal here was to learn what was loved and learn what wasn't and… See more

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Owen Williams
@ow · Digital Director at VanMoof
After playing with this for a little bit, I'm DIGGING it. Sharing images as stories (with the ability to get them out to social media) is awesome and actually works far better than Snapchat's own competing feature. Slingshot so much more sense than the original product. If anyone wants to try it, hit me on 'owenw' edit: The annoying part with this is with … See more
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Joey Flynn
@wjosephflynn · Product Designer
@ow thanks for the kind words! We've toned notifications down in SS2 to only be for reactions (1:1 messages) and friend joins. However, you can long press on anyone's stack of shots and turn on instant notifications for them if you're super into 'em. It's a huge change but really came from learnings and seeing how people were using SS1. Really excited to… See more
Maksim Petriv
@talkaboutdesign · Founder of Design Hunt
This version is very similar in concept to Tiiny. Except that images are bigger.
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Joey Flynn
@wjosephflynn · Product Designer
@rrhoover — I think there were a couple things: Probably the biggest was that we took a bunch of risks in the first version, some which paid off and others that didn't. I guess this was less of a surprise as we totally understood going into it that you never get it right the first time but our goal here was to learn what was loved and learn what wasn't and… See more