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Why I like Dispo

David Dobrik’s new photo-sharing app just might be a winner.

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@kushaan_shah over 4 years ago

"You need lower-pressure contexts, and you need a lot of them."

This is really the line that stood out to me, on top of all of Dispo's features. Every other app is focused on creating an interreality, a refined version of your identity that makes you appeal to strangers on a professional and cerebral level. I love that on Dispo you can just have people vibe with your real life. There's only so much that credentialism can get you. Maybe this will change one day but it's kind of nice!

@mike_8038 over 4 years ago

Interesting. This deliberately lowers the bar for quality and amazing-ness of the photos. That's helpful for creators, because it reduces effort. But what about the consumers? I wonder if it will be boring to look at. I wonder if anticipation of the 9 am event will sustain itself.
I agree with the dog-walking, flower-in-the-backyard scenario. That happens to me. But some words are better left unspoken. Maybe some pics are better left untaken?

Bruno Marinho over 4 years ago

Many apps tried to mimic a disposable camera experience before, and none of them could erupt from a niche. Hipstamatic was probably the pioneer on that, and they're still around, but again, it seems like a niche thing.

It also seems to defeat the purpose of having a high-quality camera on our pockets (smartphones). I agree that humans shouldn't be worrying that much about how a photo or video look before sharing with friends. Still, the smartphone-camera industry doesn't help since they keep delivering camera systems that optimize for aesthetics over reality with one click. It is interesting that if you look at most people's text communication, it is all scrappy and not very good writing, in general.

Lastly, most communication apps support group text, and some of them even channels/categories/threads within a group. That seems to be (so far) an efficient way to share content around one category compared to requiring people to adopt a new app just for this specific purpose.

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