View – Enjoy for 30s – Next – Repeat (No Going Back)
We call it "FlipFeed", because you flip through a continuous feed of ephemeral photos and messages. You get 30s to enjoy, and then the moment disappears, and you move on.
The idea actually came from what one of my friends always did on Instagram. Check out a photo, like, and move on. And that's what humans do, right? We are interested more in what's coming up next than what we've already seen - and this is exactly what FlipFeed wants to target.
Any FlipFeed user (FlipFeeder?) can upload photos and messages (status, rant, general info, love note, quotes, or anything you like), and all these photos and messages submitted to FlipFeed are lined up and shown in a sequence. There's no filtering! So, it doesn't matter if you upload from New York or California, or from somewhere in China, everything shows up in the same sequence/order.
You can directly private-reply to anyone on the app. So, let's say if you're viewing my photo, you just tap the "Reply" button to send me a direct private-reply. This is a great way to start conversation with anyone, and make new relationships. Also check out the Easter egg in the "Write a message" screen.
We've kept the app pretty simple, because we want the content to be in the spotlight. It's very different from other apps. If you think about it, seeing photos and messages one-by-one submitted by totally different people is pretty exciting, because, as mentioned, you don't know what you're going to see next, and from whom. So, there's always that excitement of what's the next photo or message? People want to see interesting things, and with FlipFeed, we want people to share and check out interesting things - 30s at a time.
Check out http://flipfeed.co to get iOS app or to add yourself in the Android wait-list.
Thank you guys. Feedback is welcome. FlipFeed team.