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Osaurus

I don't get it. Where does the content come from? Does Faves have permission to publish this content?

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5yr ago

Faves

Maker

Hey @chrismessina ! Excited to see you here. Individual curators post content they like to Faves. From a rights perspective, it's no different than posting a tweet or TikTok to your Instagram story or sharing it in a text message.

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5yr ago

Unplug

@chrismessina @tyler_confrey_maloney But why you are asking for phone nos? why not emails

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5yr ago

Faves

Maker

@chrismessina @swkumar good question. We had email verification before but deliverability became a real hassle.

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5yr ago

Osaurus

@tyler_confrey_maloney ok, I think I get it... so I can post other people's public social content? But the creators aren't involved themselves in the platform... so it's kind of like social bookmarks?

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5yr ago

Faves

Maker

@chrismessina in many ways Faves is a social, multimedia version of Pocket. Here's how I think about the opportunity: When you see a piece of content you love, you want to share it with people. Right now this occurs on messaging platforms but the experience kind of sucks because iMessage, Whatsapp and DMs are built for messaging - not content sharing. We want to be the place where this sharing and discussion occurs. We're trying to win the behavior by building a better core experience for sharing and discussing content. Sharing: All the content plays in app (you're not constantly clicking to TikTok/Instagram/Twitter), you can create a "story" around the link, and all the posts are algorithmically ordered for you so you can quickly find the good stuff your friends recommend. Discussing: We think audio can be a much better way to discuss content than text. So we're leaning into shortform, async audio and enabling creativity in commenting. We'll be launching audio filters, audio GIFs (letting you insert a 2 second clip from The Office into your comment) over the next month. Our go-to-market is tech leaders but we see this becoming much more social over time. Happy to chat if you want to hear more! We're closing our seed next week.

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5yr ago

Removaly

Great landing page! My only criticism would be that you should probably make it clear that it's only for iOS right now

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5yr ago

Faves

Maker

@kylekrzeski Thanks so much Kyle, we worked on it quite a bit! Credit goes out to @mrxyfir. Appreciate the feedback as well, we'll make sure to consider that

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5yr ago

Faves

Maker

@kylekrzeski @hamza_alsamraee I think our talented designer @jbutts deserves most of the credit :)

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5yr ago

Faves

Maker

@kylekrzeski and I'll take the blame for not making that more clear : ) sorry Kyle!

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5yr ago

Removaly

Hah! All good @hamza_alsamraee, @mrxyfir, @tyler_confrey_maloney, great stuff!

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5yr ago

@kylekrzeski Indeed. They first acquired my telephone number and then appeared the message that it was only for iOS. Not really cool. Obviously, wish the best for the project

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5yr ago

DoodleLens

🙌 can’t wait to get my hands on an invite. fave sounds a lot like the original facebook news feed - which was the coolest thing ever when it first came out.. before they twisted it into Frankenstein. 🤔 in your opinion, what is the biggest mistake facebook has made with their news feed?

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5yr ago

Faves

Maker

@kevando_ yeah it's not too far off! Facebook's heyday was images, status updates and links. Images became IG. Status updates became Twitter. Links never found a home. I think the Newsfeed (1) tried to do too many things and (2) didn't modernize as media formats changed.

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5yr ago

DoodleLens

@tyler_confrey_maloney 100% i never thought about it like that. you’re spot on. the fun did dismantle into twitter and ig. imo they nailed groups and events which use the newsfeed and it’s impressive they achieved a unified UI, but at the cost of UX. it’s kinda funny how they made react so websites everywhere could modernize, but forget neglected home.

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5yr ago

Faves

Maker

@kevando_ totally!

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5yr ago

Faves

Maker

🔭 There’s so much good content - if you just know where to look 🔭 Content discovery is fundamentally broken. I came to this conclusion when I moved from North Carolina to attend Stanford. We like to think that education happens inside a classroom, but mine occurred in a group chat. I discovered the writings of Paul Graham, Nir Eyal and Eugene Wei through blue hyperlinks sent by new friends. I started reading Stratechery (which to this day, I still don’t know how to pronounce). As my content diet evolved, my mental models did too. Tim Urban helped me appreciate how little time I had left to spend with my parents... so I began to treat them with a little more kindness and grace. John Gottman gave me language to navigate conflict… so I deepened connections with those that I love. I developed healthier, happier & more effective ways of thinking. Upon graduating, I realized that I had always had access to this information in North Carolina. I just didn’t know where to find it or who to ask. The Ivory Tower wasn’t heavily guarded. I just needed a map to find it. There’s so much good content - if you just know where to look. At Faves, we’re on a mission to help people find it. Our model? Expert-curated content from people you trust. Want to learn about algorithms 🤖? Give the Head of Product at Tiktok a follow. Maybe you’re interested in AR 🕹️? Google AR Lead Marily Nika shares videos about innovations in her field. Perhaps you want to grow your newsletter 📜 ? Follow Substack authors Sahil Bloom, David Mattin or Ali Abouelatta to learn their tips and tricks. If we’ve done our job, Faves will feel like a group chat with some of the smartest people in the world. We can’t wait to see what you think. Warmly, Tyler Maloney Founder & CEO of Faves PS: I want to give a huge shoutout to @kevin for hunting our product. The Faves team has been looking forward to launching on Product Hunt for months!

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5yr ago

This sounds like a great app! I've been waiting for an app with selected content only, somewhat like Medium plus LinkedIn plus Twitter plus Podcast (of course!), with valuable ideas and insights all in one place AND without any distracting news, feeds or hot topics that will eventually cool down and disappear as time passes by. I want something that can persist for a long time and contributes to my thinking and self-improvement. I also believe attention is the most valuable resource that we have and scrolling down pages to find the right content is a waste of attention. Faves seems to promise all of these great features! I'm curious to know where the name comes from - it feels like favorites (?). I haven't used the app yet as I don't have an invitation code, could someone here help me out? I'd love to become an early adopter! Thank you!

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5yr ago

@yoona_lim have you been able to try out the app yet?

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5yr ago

You Don't Know Africa

When I started using Faves, I didn't think I needed yet another place for discovering and sharing content. After a couple of weeks, I stand corrected. Fun to use, and I always discover valuable things I would otherwise have missed. So everybody join and multiply the fun :-)

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5yr ago

Faves

Maker

@davidbauer Been loving your posts lately, you're a master curator!

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5yr ago

From a new poet that I am now obsessed with to daily pictures of the cosmos, I'm finding all new content that had never made it into any of my many feeds. I love this discovery experience of Faves and I love hearing the voices of the people who share.

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5yr ago

Faves

Maker

@kim_schreiber Thanks Kim, this is the experience we strive to give every day!

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5yr ago

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