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Comment by dchuk | Hacker News Reader

Weight-loss selfies? That's barely a feature, let alone a full blown product. Who gave the go ahead on this pivot?

dchuk - i did. Wasn't all that excited when I saw the title of the article. The word selfie was meant to infer that we have a special camera tool that helps people take self progress pictures, something that really motivates people to reach their goals bc they can visualize their smallest improvements. Progress pictures can be stored privately or shared publicly on the app.

More importantly, we want to build a safe and supportive mobile community to help people reach their goals. Just getting started but off to a pretty decent start - would love for you to check it out.

> The word selfie was meant to infer that we have a special camera tool that helps people take self progress pictures

Don't you just mean "camera"?

haha - yes it is the built-in camera, but added an overlay feature with adjustable opacity so people can line themselves up with past photos.

This is actually a great idea. I think the app will do well after the pivot.

<- (downvote here) LOL

It seems with the selfie because of the time taken for changes to show-up that people might get demotivated in the interim.

Have you considered doing the same for food instead ?

That is having people take photos of all their meals and automatically sharing with their friends, to encourage eating healthier (soft competition) and making people think more about what they eat because it'll be broadcast.

That would seem more conducive towards a "real-time" feedback loop.

@ig1 that app exists (I'm the CEO). It's called TwoGrand. You should check it out! iPhone: http://bit.ly/TwoGrandiPhone, and Android: http://bit.ly/TwoGrandAndroid.

And @rwu721, the Weilos refresh is super clean. Well done.

Thx @petersimones. Really great job on your app as well!

Did I miss the sarcasm or why do you use the @ in threaded discussions?

@ig1 - Completely agree with you. The great thing about progress pics is that you can motivate yourself to shoot a better next week, and also be inspired by what other REAL people have actually achieved. Real results definitely do take time though.

Users can post food pics, photo updates, and other text updates on the app. These actually make up a higher % of the posts on the app today.

Really great to see people supporting other like minded people on all sorts of posts!

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