@johnsteerfowler John thanks for interest in Blurr! Be interested to hear more of your thoughts as you test the app out 😊. We currently have a report option where a certain amount of unique reports will delete the photo. User also have the option to block an individuals users photo for that individual Blurr. Although as there aren't profiles or friends you don't know who you're blocking - just you don't like their picture and you don't want to see them anymore so you can block them
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@sam_marley thanks for the reply, appreciate it. It's nice to hear you have considered abuse to some extent. I am a little worried about privacy, especially since it's based on location, common scenarios could involve people who know each other (I'm thinking schools, workplaces, social venues here). With growth and success, you would find yourself quickly needing to implement privacy features, so it's a good idea to consider them early.
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@ryanheybourn@sam_marley yeah, that might go some way to circumventing privacy issues. I picture future issues in schools with opening up potential new bullying channels. Photos can go viral at a school fast enough when you have to physically send it to someone, let alone when it's automatically done for you in a convenient radius. Something to consider
@johnsteerfowler@ryanheybourn Really great feedback here guys, and scalability in terms of privacy with growth is something we're always thinking about. However, what we've seen to be our 'special sauce' in so many use cases is users seeing photos people that they don't know have taken, particularly if its of themselves. There's the surprise and 'warm' feeling when you see the pic, knowing full well without Blurr there is 0% chance you would have got access to it. We think its key to create a community of 'Blurrers' where the correct type of content is pushed to be added - which we've done a great job of so far!
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Why only 24 hrs? I'd consider using this on my construction projects but they are ongoing, for weeks and sometimes months. It would be great if everyone could snap pictures of the project every day so I could have a progress timeline in pictures. I currently do this with google docs but it's a pain to manually organize them into shared folders.
@dsmatichuk Hey David! Great point, and completely agree with you! In our product roadmap that is a feature we're going to change - to enable users to have a more long lasting experience with the photos and albums. At present users can download the photos within the 24 hour period then of course visit them at any time on their iPhone Photos - but once we remove that they will be coming back to Blurr!
Your use case for projects and progress is very interesting. Photos are ordered chronologically which would fit the use case even further. Do you have designated 'picture takers' that upload the progress? Or do you encourage everyone to take pictures and upload?
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@sam_marley currently, very few use google docs so my access to photographers is limited. Even those who do use it prefer not to because it's such a chore to upload, sync or select the correct folder. I like the gps idea. Just take pictures without thinking and the time and location automatically assigns the photo to the correct project and the submitter/user identifies the team. This would enable me to get everyone taking pictures. The more the better. I like the idea of getting everyone to take before and after shots of everything they do. That's an MVP right there.
@dsmatichuk The auto-assign concept is essentially how our back-end operates to 'assign' photos right now, but they're assigned to users 'Blurrs' based on matched time and location. That's how images are populated onto users feeds. So essentially it is the same concept, but Blurr is obviously directed to more social situations. We are actively adding ways for users 'Blurrs' to become more individualised to them, but we've also been approached to take that to a macro-level. In your case its having your construction areas indvidualised and auto filtered - but the value prop is also huge for event venues and sports arenas as I'm sure you can imagine.
Do you think you would experience back-lash requiring people to take a lot of pictures?
Hey Everyone!
I'm Sam, one of the Co-Founders and creators of Blurr. Pumped you guys are here to check out Blurr and provide your feedback and advice :)
So, what even is Blurr? I'll keep it short- looking forward to explaining in more detail in the questions.
We're an app that allows people to take, view, and instantly share photos with everyone around them. Whether it be at a wedding, concert, or party, we centralize all photos taken on Blurr into one communal feed, giving users access to pictures and moments from immeasurable vantage points. Blurr purely connects people at the same place, at the same time and gives our users a shared experience through photos.
Full 'walk-through' details in the App Store description :)
Why did we create Blurr in the first place? It started in College as a personal pain point. We were fed up with not having any pictures to go back, view, and remember the incredible times we were experiencing. We literally solved our problem with Blurr. Then we realised we've actually created an app with much, much more value.
Blurr is an app that uses technology to bring people having the same shared experience closer together. Social Media is inherently disconnecting the people we're physically with, and we provide a utility to bring people together during their best experiences. We think that's pretty cool, let us know if you think so too!
Looks great, but a lot of apps have tried their hand at local/event-based photo sharing in the past. Even Facebook stepped into the game with Moments, and that hasn't exactly taken off either. Also, Facebook has almost 2 billion users.
I personally use iCloud Photo Sharing as it's a built-in solution, but it leaves a lot to be desired. Why is Blurr better?
@juanbuis Hey Juan! Thanks for the feedback and insight, and you're totally right this has been tried and tested in multiple ways. Blurr's differentiator come in two ways:
1) We're instantaneous: most photo-sharing products focus on the 'post-activity' sharing side of it. Where you go back, create groups, select photos, choose people, and then eventually share. With Blurr, you have to start a Blurr live in the event to not only share the raw photos you're taking but also get access to all the others.
2) We're purely based on location: We connect people who are together in very small pockets of space, having the same shared experience. That means you don't just get access to photos your friends decide to post in your current desired sharing method - you get all the incredible moments captured by others around you.
Put yourself at a concert and you have nose bleed seats. Someone on the front row captures a great picture of the whole crowd on Blurr - you get instant access to it that you can view, save and share how you please. We don't see another product out there that instantaneously provides that.
Would love to hear your thoughts on iCloud Photo Sharing - what are your current pain points with this method? Have you tried anything else?
I really like this idea. I'm wondering how you would differentiate yourself from Facebook's Moments app. I understand the difference, but what is the venn diagram difference between my facebook friends taking pictures while tagging them, and strangers taking pictures that I get to see. Do i care about the other pictures?
@allthingsmarco Great question! Moments have done a good job removing the barriers to sharing photos post-moment, but what we see is Moments is still very much an 'individualistic' sharing product in terms of you share the 'moments' or 'suggestions' of photos you have created with specific people.
This doesn't bring together photos taken by everyone (even if its just you and your friends) into one place so in our view really doesn't solve the issue.
We're living in the experience-centric era, and when using Blurr you automatically get a complete shared album displaying the whole experience in one feed.
@tyler_denk Thanks Tyler! Really appreciate the kind words and love for Blurr. And completely agree, we have quite the team over here that are an incredible set of people to work with! As I'm sure you know being a Co-Founder, people are everything and we couldn't be happier to be working with the best day in, day out.
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But if I want to share with my friends, they need to also install the app don't they?
@shellehs Hey! Thanks for the comment, and yes you're completely correct - for others around you to see the images they also have to download Blurr. Building this 'community' of users is actually what people love about us and the in-the-moment sharing is a big selling point for the app. Users enjoy the experience as much as the end goal of actually getting the pictures we have found!
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