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Can a Mobile-Rookie Founder Crack The Image Sharing Space With Imgfave (YC S12)?

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When I first saw Imgfave, I dismissed as just another image sharing site, but decided to check it out anyway.

Half an hour later I was still scrolling through the pictures.

yeah me too.. thot i'd spend a couple of min to check it out..

I don't like the site, and I think it'll fizzle quickly. I'm always incorrect when I feel this way...

The app is particularly addictive if you have time on your hands, you can just keep browsing.

I tried browsing for a few minutes, but I got bored quickly.

Pretty much I'm convinced the site & app will be successful. :)

Profitable? Really? With ads from a Reddit type userbase? Or am I missing something?

I don't know about you guys but I think I'm all shared out of images. Cute or funny images with captions ... I get it but at this point why is this better than the Wal-mart culture we all so rage against?

Agree - but never underestimate the power of the Toys-R-Us biz model: new, young, naive people are the worlds only true renewable resource.

As each wave of people mature into your target market... you have a steady stream of people who like your stuff. Even if it is plastic crap from china or digital crap from silicon valley.

This alone will be what keeps facebook afloat - the kids, and the desire of their familial connections to attempt to keep tabs of their lives.

Is it insanely profitable? No, we've realized that in the last few months - is it sustainable, yes. But even moreso, its cancerous to freedom...

Anyway - apps and services like this will be a never ending wave.

That reminds me a lot of this comic: http://xkcd.com/1053/

I took a look! But it seems the target market is teenage girls. Maybe I need to configure it, but why? Between reddit, imgur, pinterest... Really what's the difference? How many profitable image sharing apps can the world actually support?

I'll admit I didn't spend much time on the site (simply because all the images I saw were of cute boys) but I failed to see the differentiator or innovation. What's the original idea here?

This is sort of like Pintrest with less famine undertones. I kind of like it, it's got a little 9Gag in it without being annoying too.

Famine undertones? There's far too much food on Pintrest for that.

Either a misspelling of feminine or referring to the thinspiration bannings:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/26/pinterest-thinspira...

Oh man, that was a really good/bad spelling mistake.

Having competition is a good sign, it means there is a market for your wares. The question will be implementation. In the app store there are many clones, but the polished ones stand above.

Good luck!

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