Does treehouse help with this use case?
It seems like (a very well executed) yet-another-photo-sharing app, with an extra layer of marketing fluff.
I see the founders are in the thread so maybe they can clarify - what's the main difference between this and say, just using Tweetie to share pics? Do you really think there's a need to make a distinction between say "all twitter followers" and "my real friends"? If I take a picture of something funny/cute/awesome, don't I just want to share it with as many people as possible?
not cool.
The call to action was "Find Friends", not "Let everyone know that I installed this app". I thought we were past sneaky tricks like this :/
Think of the photos that you send via MMS (if you do), and then apply that concept to all of your close friends. It's not only about show and tell, it's about communicating and staying in touch with the people that matter to you.
We're still working to find the right words to describe what we've uncovered. There's a certain point where people "get it" and understand the potential and value of Treehouse.
Thanks for asking!
I have tried Treehouse for a bit on my phone, and here are some thoughts:
It appears that there is no way (currently) to share photos with subsets of friends, is that right? Since that is the case, I don't quite see how this is different than sharing on Facebook or Twitter. I was getting spammed with friend requests through Treehouse, and it just appears to be an ego-boost game of "how many people can I share my photos with". If I have pics I want to share with my family and not the rest of my Treehouse friends, there is no way to do that. Treehouse may want to be the next coffee table, but I want my coffee table to look like a Venn diagram, please.
Also, I signed out of the app, but I keep receiving push-notifications about activity happening. Is there a way to unregister my device token without uninstalling the app and waiting for the APNS feedback cleanup to happen? I don't want to uninstall the app because I am actually taking notes on the UI of the app (it is quite good).
EDIT: fixed spelling
The features scheduled for launch address all of the things you just mentioned, and more.
At this point, it's just a matter of focus and time. But we'll get there sooner rather than later.
Because there isn't any way to restrict the photo viewing to a specific group of friends, I've found that I only add/tell really close friends about it. As a result the quality and quantity of photo sharing goes way up in my network on Treehouse. Compare and contrast this to Facebook where I don't put up pictures at all, and any photo that tags me is zealously filtered to present the best image.
On a side note, some of my friends have complained that the app keeps crashing on iOS4. Anyway good job with Treehouse!
P.S. A new update hit the store yesterday that resolved our original buggy iOS4 release.
