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Glimpse 2.0 — A fun way to meet new people through Instagram
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@rrhoover - thanks, and great observation! dating is definitely still the main use case, but we saw a ton of photographers using glimpse to connect in v1.
now that we are introducing people through metadata including geolocation and hashtags, there’s more context to meet like-minded people. at the end of the day, we’re all about bringing people together around what they care about, no matter the use case.
@elan_miller 100% love the idea behind Glimpse. I've met some really good friends through instagram and insta-meetups. Your team has done some beautiful design work; I love the simplicity of the landing page and it's well complimented in the app itself. #kudos
Few questions!
1. Any plans to grow into an organizational layer for Instagram, collecting more refined groups of new/old friends?
2. one thing I love about TapTalk is the easy ability to recommend friends to friends. Does glimpse have a similar recommendation feature?
@thejulielogan thanks for the kind words :)
to answer your questions:
1. yes! we're super keen on building out an "experience graph" powered by your photos, to introduce you to interesting people. right now that starts with geolocation + hashtags, but more good stuff coming soon...
2. love taptalk. it's a great feature, but one we haven't quite built yet.
if you have any other feedback/questions don't hesitate to get in touch!
I first found out about this app via a cute girl who isnt into tech AKA this app is going to be huge!
Hey Everyone,
We spent the last couple of months redesigning the product from the ground-up, building on insights from our initial beta.
Glimpse uses Instagram to introduce you people who experience the world like you. All the magic happens on the backend, where we comb your Instagram metadata (i.e. Geolocation, hashtags, etc.) and connect you to like-minded folks with similar interests. We're building the experience graph, powered by your photo history.
Example: If you both shared a photo at Burning Man, we introduce you, with the context to start a natural conversation.
Here to answer any questions or chat about feedback!
@elan_miller Are messages to people expressly to those that are using Glimpse?
Also, I noticed that while I was using Glimpse my phone heated up quite a lot (iPhone 5s) and battery drain went from 100% to 93% in less than 10 minutes. Might want to look into that.
@mg Hey Matt - yep, messages only to go users on Glimpse. Appreciate the heads up on battery drain! We haven't heard that yet, but will definitely look into it :)
Appreciate the feedback!
Elan is doing some great things with Glimpse - really exciting product that only gets better with time.
I kind of like that the messaging is not pushing the dating angle. I remember when I downloaded Glimpse 1.0 I kept seeing friends and friends of friends (who like me, were not looking) but were on there to check it out and I enjoyed looking at their Instagram pictures. I wanted to interact with them but also was worried they might get the wrong idea. I've also heard a lot of stories about Instagram friendships but have never made a friend through IG myself so I'm curious to see if this would help facilitate that.
Also the new branding and design looks great - definitely a marked improvement and there's a lot of cool interactions (which is admittedly the reason I check out apps like these in the first place).
@sabrina Thanks Sabrina - that was definitely the intent! Our goal is to get people talking (not just liking!) around what they care about, no matter the use case.
If you have any feedback along the way, don't be shy :)
@elan_miller playing around with it a little bit more and while I'm getting stuck/it's taking awhile to load local people, I just want to say thank you for having a 'report' button in a very noticeable and accessible place on the messaging view. I don't use many other dating apps so I don't know if this is common now, but it's kind of a relief to see since most other social networks bury this functionality.
@sabrina of course! that's something we take super seriously. it crazy that more social apps don't...
feel you on slow-ish load times. we're working hard on that. you should see a big improvement in the next couple of updates :)
@allisonveronica have you chatted or met anyone through Glimpse? How does it compare to other dating apps? I played with it early on when it was in beta, before they had many users. I need to visit Glimpse again.
@rrhoover I've been beta testing it. Personally, I'm not dating so I don't use it as much... but it's awesome even for making friends. The latest release shows places you've both been as a means for introducing two people. It's really a different way to connect people.
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