Hi Guys, great to see Bee finally launch!
Is there any plan for customized feeds? I'd love to be able to follow my favorite brands and see all the posts. I could imagine something like a Highsnobiety channel I could follow and see all the different looks that get posted.
@may_or_maynot Thanks Joseph! We want to have the best possible user experience for encouraging dialogue on our platform. We’re totally thinking about feeds & following; our goal is to create a place where creators can really connect with their favorite brands.
P.S. Thanks for post #burritoart :)
Hey makers! Congrats on the launch. I love the product and premise here. Seems like a native app on iOS might make for a more seamless experience...any plans for that in the future?
@jjstidd Hello Jonathan, You bring up a great point with introducing this on iOS. It is indeed our plan to quickly release an app that allows for posting and also up-voting. Do you have any other suggestions for features you would want on that native app?
@lukas_huberman Nice! any desire to also connect it to instagram? Perhaps you could scrape instagram content using a particular hashtag (e.g. #🐝) or allow users to also post to instagram within your app as part of the post-submission process. Just spit ballin'
@thogenhaven Hi Thomas!
Right now, Bee is about connecting you to your favorite brands. You are not paid in this version, because you are not selling anything. You retain all rights, and in return for limited brand use, companies multiply your exposure.
If you are looking to get paid, lookout for future versions where you will be paid royalties for Bee photo shoots.
However, we envision Bee as an alternative to being underpaid for your photos. With Bee, you have the option of making money or keeping complete ownership, getting the exposure needed to make top dollar.
Hope this helps!
@lukas_huberman there is an unfortunate trend where big companies earn a lot compared to workers. Launching without paying photographers is a step down this wrong direction, IMO.
@thogenhaven@lukas_huberman Hi Thomas, we are sorry you feel that way. However, Bee is not about exploiting anyone, but about giving people a medium by which to display their work.
If we paid photographers we would have to follow the unfortunate trend set by the big corporations. We would need to take the rights to their photos and pay them small cash amounts just to compete. We don't believe that is right, and so we simply facilitate interaction while letting the artists retain ownership of their content.
We envision Bee as a way to create a better dialogue between fans and brands :)
@andrew_ullmann no you wouldn't. It's called licensing. Let the photographers license their work. I like your platform and for newbies it's great, but exposure doesn't pay rent.
@delwilliams Hi Del, the option to have your favorite brands serve as your PR team may be better for "newbies" as you say, but we like to think all photographers could use a couple million eyes on their work. However, there is no doubt that exposure doesn't pay rent, and we also have a paid licensing option. Unfortunately, we could not do both, and if you want to be paid for your content, the companies are not obligated to give you credit.
If you want to hear more about our rights-managed licensing to companies let me know!
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