Of course, @caseyneistat shared more about the app on his vlog:
Love how honest he is: "This app kind of sucks. The idea is awesome but the app itself needs to be better." And this is the new beme and now we know why he wasn't talking about it. 😊
@rrhoover@caseyneistat yeah I love the honesty and did wonder why it was rarely mentioned in the Vlogs.
Will be interested to hear from some old and new Beme users to see their thoughts!
We should get Casey back on to do another LIVE :)
@rrhoover@caseyneistat great quality of a founder, Stewart Butterfield says this of Slack: "Oh, God, yeah. I try to instill this into the rest of the team but certainly I feel that what we have right now is just a giant piece of sh!t. Like, it’s just terrible and we should be humiliated that we offer this to the public." (via @holman)
@rrhoover@caseyneistat It is a phenomenal idea, but yes, it does have some time before it appeals to more audience. The current Android version has BUGS.....BUG!..... BUGS EVERYWHERE! I lost most of my Bemes after they failed to upload. On a side note, I think if top influencers were to promote this app, it would definitely sky rocket among the general population!
Bg fan of Casey and his videos, however re: Beme, I personally think the app is:
1. way too complicated for what it should be (musicaly / snapchat)
2. doesn't provide more value (2x/5x/10x) vs anything thats out there in the market (instagram,snapchat)
3. doesn't have that "wow factor"
This was my thinking with their v1 and I do feel the same about v2, the record screen and process is just way too complicated than it should be.
I've built a video app in this same space before (clipstar / cliptone) so speaking from experience (2 years in this space)
Goodluck casey :)
@rickats@caseyneistat Agreed. I think it comes down to the amount of short form video that people want to share in a given day. If something cool is happening, the'll have to decided which platform to share it on. Why would they choose Beme over Snapchat in this case? All their friends are on snapchat, they have filters, etc. Beme didn't stand a chance from the day it launched, no matter how polished the UI/UX. Since Beme and Snapchat are both in the category of instantaneous short form video, Snapchat will win EVERY time.
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