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Lyle McKeany
Faves is one of the few new social products that has actually stuck for me recently. It's been a blast to be on the beta and interact with so many fun and interesting people. It's like a breath of fresh air.
Emma Boumans
Thank you for this glowing review!
Nick deWilde
Congrats on the launch! What’s the feature on Faves’ roadmap that you’re most excited about?
Tyler Maloney
@ndewilde we’re launching audio filters and audio GIFs that will unlock a whole new medium for creativity in our audio comments 🔊🔊🔊
Kevando
🙌 can’t wait to get my hands on an invite. fave sounds a lot like the original facebook news feed - which was the coolest thing ever when it first came out.. before they twisted it into Frankenstein. 🤔 in your opinion, what is the biggest mistake facebook has made with their news feed?
Tyler Maloney
@kevando_ yeah it's not too far off! Facebook's heyday was images, status updates and links. Images became IG. Status updates became Twitter. Links never found a home. I think the Newsfeed (1) tried to do too many things and (2) didn't modernize as media formats changed.
Kevando
@tyler_confrey_maloney 100% i never thought about it like that. you’re spot on. the fun did dismantle into twitter and ig. imo they nailed groups and events which use the newsfeed and it’s impressive they achieved a unified UI, but at the cost of UX. it’s kinda funny how they made react so websites everywhere could modernize, but forget neglected home.
Tyler Maloney
@kevando_ totally!
Chris Messina
Top Hunter
I don't get it. Where does the content come from? Does Faves have permission to publish this content?
Tyler Maloney
Hey @chrismessina ! Excited to see you here. Individual curators post content they like to Faves. From a rights perspective, it's no different than posting a tweet or TikTok to your Instagram story or sharing it in a text message.
Swasan
@chrismessina @tyler_confrey_maloney But why you are asking for phone nos? why not emails
Tyler Maloney
@chrismessina @swkumar good question. We had email verification before but deliverability became a real hassle.
Chris Messina
Top Hunter
@tyler_confrey_maloney ok, I think I get it... so I can post other people's public social content? But the creators aren't involved themselves in the platform... so it's kind of like social bookmarks?
Tyler Maloney
@chrismessina in many ways Faves is a social, multimedia version of Pocket. Here's how I think about the opportunity: When you see a piece of content you love, you want to share it with people. Right now this occurs on messaging platforms but the experience kind of sucks because iMessage, Whatsapp and DMs are built for messaging - not content sharing. We want to be the place where this sharing and discussion occurs. We're trying to win the behavior by building a better core experience for sharing and discussing content. Sharing: All the content plays in app (you're not constantly clicking to TikTok/Instagram/Twitter), you can create a "story" around the link, and all the posts are algorithmically ordered for you so you can quickly find the good stuff your friends recommend. Discussing: We think audio can be a much better way to discuss content than text. So we're leaning into shortform, async audio and enabling creativity in commenting. We'll be launching audio filters, audio GIFs (letting you insert a 2 second clip from The Office into your comment) over the next month. Our go-to-market is tech leaders but we see this becoming much more social over time. Happy to chat if you want to hear more! We're closing our seed next week.
Ryan O'Donnell
Awesome job Tyler! Looks great :)
Tyler Maloney
@ryanpatrick323 Thanks! Just saw you applied for verification. Will do that this weekend!
David Bauer
When I started using Faves, I didn't think I needed yet another place for discovering and sharing content. After a couple of weeks, I stand corrected. Fun to use, and I always discover valuable things I would otherwise have missed. So everybody join and multiply the fun :-)
Hamza Alsamraee
@davidbauer Been loving your posts lately, you're a master curator!
Bilawal Sidhu
In this world of information overload, Faves is the curated content diet I always needed. And damn does it taste good 😌
Emma Boumans
Thank you! Happy to have you on the platform
Ming
Faves is a novel and effective way to discover and consume great content - because you receive recommendations from smart people, not dumb AI:) Awesome job Tyler and the team!
Tyler Maloney
@limpub thanks! That's a big compliment coming from you : )
Kirsten Zverina Archer
Ty for building it & I’m liking it so far - I discover content from interesting sources I’d not yet considered…
Hamza Alsamraee
@kirstenz_archer That's the goal! Hoping you like the big Product community we built in the app
Godwin Chan
Congrats on the launch Tyler!
Ali AbouelAtta
Been on Faves for a few months now and Faves is awesome!!! The signal to noise ratio is the highest I have ever seen in a social app. P.S: There is smth rlly fun about leaving voice comments! Keep up the good work @ Tyler
Tyler Maloney
@ali_abou_el_atta that's because we have great curators like you!
Ayoola John
I love Faves! I use Faves daily to discover all kinds of cool content. Congrats on the launch 🥳
Hamza Alsamraee
@ayoolajohn_ Thank you for your early buy-in!
Santhosh
That’s good to see Tiktok style links sharing app, still digesting the audio commentary to it!
Tyler Maloney
@nsanthosh1 thanks! We're going to launch audio GIFs and filters too : )
Edward Silva
Easy to use, clear, and saves me time while keeping me in the loop.
Tyler Maloney
@edward_silva glad to hear you like it!
Nico Aguilar
Just signed up to use Faves and excited to check this awesome source of curated content! Great job team.
Emma Boumans
@nicaguilar Thank you! Appreciate you checking out the app.
Tyler Maloney
@nicaguilar Thanks Nico!!!
Arielle Nissenblatt
Huge fan of Faves!!
Tyler Maloney
@arielle_niss Thanks for buying in so early : )
Chris Sturtevant
Love faves! Great way to see fascinating ideas from many different content types!
Hamza Alsamraee
@chris_sturtevant Thanks Chris! Great to have you on the platform
JohnMark Pero
Love this product, it's leveled up my information diet. Excited to watch it grow!
Emma Boumans
@johnmark_pero Thank you for your support! Glad to be adding value to your daily content intake. We are excited to grow too!
Tyler Maloney
@johnmark_pero pumped to hear that 🙌
Joshua Butts
@johnmark_pero Thanks. I love the audio comments too for getting some of the best informational insights.
Jake Schonberger
Really excited for what @Tyler Maloney and the team are building. Congrats on a really strong launch and very excited to see where you all take this!!
Hamza Alsamraee
@jake_schonberger1 Thanks for your early buy-in Jake!
Brett Goldstein
this is dope!!
Hamza Alsamraee
@thatguybg Appreciate it Brett! Glad to have you onboard