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Socialcam adds millions of users, scales, and pushes new version all in one week

43 points| mwseibel | 14 years ago |techcrunch.com | reply

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[+] sauteedbiscuits|14 years ago|reply
Is this users as in facebook installs, or users as in ios/android app installs. Big difference, as socialcam makes you authorize their facebook app to watch videos posted by other socialcam users via FB. Having those users add the socialcam app does not equal a app download, nor a active user in my opinion. Their only interaction was watching a video. Its the same thing as authorizing yahoo to read a story a friend posted. You can call that a "user" but you are just lieing to yourself. Its a glorified visit.

Still, its crazy impressive either way- But it does not compare to instagram style numbers if they are counting that. Instagram did their reported numbers in app downloads, not facebook auths.

[+] enjo|14 years ago|reply
Do you count videos served or videos uploaded as the primary metric for YouTube? It's the latter that drives revenue after all.
[+] mwseibel|14 years ago|reply
Quick shoutout to the folks at JTV, Twitch, Exec, YC, our investors, AWS, and many many helpful friends - without all of your support this wouldn't have been possible. Also quick thanks to Mike Krieger from Instagram - his scaling presentation convinced us that a couple smart dudes and AWS can scale anything. Now, back to work!
[+] FameofLight|14 years ago|reply
Congratz Michael, yeah Instagram presentation was nice :)
[+] dirkdk|14 years ago|reply
congrats Michael, doing an awesome job!
[+] snowmaker|14 years ago|reply
Congrats to Michael and the hard working folks at Socialcam, who fully deserve their success. I've been using it since V1 and it continues to be one of my most used apps.

Also kudos to them for not over-associating their company as the Instagram for video, which must have been tempting recently. While that is one description, Socialcam seems to have its own original vision and is clearly chasing it with gusto.

[+] richcollins|14 years ago|reply
I knew they'd just turned the corner when a friend Redwood City, my old weightlifting coach and my brother in law in New York all watched the same video (posted to FB).
[+] priley|14 years ago|reply
So impressive. You guys execute like a freight train. Keep it up.
[+] dsk2012|14 years ago|reply
So ... How many billions is it worth?