Just 1 tip, you should change the color of the login link. It took me a while to find it since the active link color is almost the same as the background.
From the feedback I've got so far it looks like you're not the only one. I'll definitely be addin some better info on the front page to let people know what it's about and how to sign up etc.
And perhaps a Snapfinch sign up for people without other social accounts?
Yes, a Snapfinch sign up would be great. I would be more likely to sign up for it if I don't have to first do some other social account. It's not like I haven't tried others out, but they just don't seem to click with me.
The first sign in is just to sign you into Snapfinch. From here you need to link your Instagram, PicPlz, etc. accounts to be able to comment and like the photos. So if you haven't linked an Instagram account, you won't be able to comment on Instagram photos for example.
But I agree with you, I think I need to make that clearer so people understand exactly how it works.
And maybe allow people to add "snapfinch only" type comments to photos that won't show up in the sharing apps, but only on the website?
Yeah, you should post the comments on snapfinch itself by default and then ask the user if they want to share the same comment on other services. So, if I logged in with Twitter, let me post a comment first and then ask me if I want to tweet it with a link back to the snapfinch page. So, you make it more social without making me jump through extra hoops.
Social is not about all these services; there will be ten new photo sharing apps tomorrow. It's about the people. Make it fun for us and and make us look cool and interesting to our friends.
I've already got number 1 covered with another website I created, http://badgeplz.com that provides widgets like that. But I think I need to incorporate that into the site as well.
2 - I want to try and aim it at companies organizing events so they can get all photos from the event (taken by real people attending) grouped together easily.
3 - Not yet, not sure if it would make sense though?
4 - Nice! Thanks for the link. I'll definitely be looking into this.
Sounds like a good idea. I was thinking of adding chat functionality similar to Facebook and Gmail with the bar at the bottom. Could be cool if you can chat to the people you follow and follow you on Instagram etc.
It does look like they will be updating the app to try and resolve these issues. Although, one of their planned "fixes" are to stop the app from working at all when no one is around. I really hope they implement that properly because if they think they got backlash now, imagine if people try to open the app and it just closes on them, without a proper explanation of why.
Just 1 tip, you should change the color of the login link. It took me a while to find it since the active link color is almost the same as the background.