On Monday of this week I jokingly tweeted that I decided to build a "Off-White" inspired camera web app / object classifier using IBM Watson's image recognition software. If you aren't hip to the joke, "Off-White" is a fashion brand and they like to sell items which are labeled in "HELVETICA BOLD." Turns out it works well as a exploration tool too.
About "CAMERA" on Product Hunt
“Put your world in quotes”
"CAMERA" launched on Product Hunt on August 15th, 2018 and earned 89 upvotes and 19 comments, placing #17 on the daily leaderboard. On Monday of this week I jokingly tweeted that I decided to build a "Off-White" inspired camera web app / object classifier using IBM Watson's image recognition software. If you aren't hip to the joke, "Off-White" is a fashion brand and they like to sell items which are labeled in "HELVETICA BOLD." Turns out it works well as a exploration tool too.
On the analytics side, "CAMERA" competes within Web App, Funny and Photography — topics that collectively have 276k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how "CAMERA" performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted "CAMERA"?
"CAMERA" was hunted by Lee Martin. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of "CAMERA" including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
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