@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.
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_miller congrats on the fundraise. Glimpse seems to be less specifically focused on dating in its messaging. For me, it would seem weird to message a guy without very clear context and I also don't personally have a particularly strong desire to meet new friends -- at least not through an app online.
Are you seeing many people use Glimpse for non-dating use cases?
P.S. Ironically we put up a collection of Dating Apps today.
@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.
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