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Show HN: my weekend project, Swapshot!

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Could someone post a summary for us Linux users?

This link leads to a summary page if you don't have iTunes installed:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swapshot/id432027349?mt=8

Wasn't Photoswap the next big thing in 2008? http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/09/photoswap-bring/

I used to have that app. I had a couple fun interactions using the reply feature.

This is cooler than color. And im willing to bet it took 41 million dollars less...

So, it's an automated way of showing me strange men's penises?

No penises yet!

Sorry, I'm trying to take them as quick as I can, but the camera on my phone is slow. :)

Anyway, me neither - mostly people that look like they're trying it out by taking a picture of whatever's nearest.

So far the MTBP is infinite, thankfully.

Your description is a bit lacking - what does this do?

You take a picture, and it returns you another picture taken by another Swapshot user.

Just an MVP, if it gets a little bit of traction I'll see what I can add to it (e.g. "taken 5 miles away, 4 minutes ago"). :)

I had the same question. You should probably explain a little more in the app's description at the very least.

Like other social media type products, I think people want to see that other people are using it before using it themselves. You don't have any signs of life when opening the app to let the user know if anyone's home. No counter of photos uploaded, no number of "online" users, no stream of incoming pictures.

I guess further down the line it would be nice to know if the images you get are somehow more interesting than just randomly scraping images.google.com. Voting, being either close of far geographically, color similarity, temporal locality. Anything.

Agreed, will add more stuff to it if it has some legs.

I would probably not give up if this version of your app fails to take off. Instead I would be looking for feedback and acting on it. It will probably take a few iterations to prove to users this is a real product that's worth taking seriously.

Check out pictures taken with Swapshot here: http://swapshotapp.appspot.com/random.png

Cool stuff. Will check it out. Did you do the graphics and icons yourself? What framework did you use to manage the backend exchanging of photos?

A little API on App Engine is the backend (Python). Yeah, did the graphics stuff myself.

I uploaded multiple photos but always get the same photo back. Is this a bug?

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