"Old Instagram (OG) was perfect. The gold standard of simple, fast & beautiful. Nothing since has come close. That Instagram is clearly gone. And itβs not coming back. I started coding, reluctantly, to bring it back myself." - Greg Hochmuth, early IG employee
About Friends on Product Hunt
βAn app for sharing photos with close friends πβ
Friends launched on Product Hunt on March 31st, 2021 and earned 65 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #29 on the daily leaderboard. "Old Instagram (OG) was perfect. The gold standard of simple, fast & beautiful. Nothing since has come close. That Instagram is clearly gone. And itβs not coming back. I started coding, reluctantly, to bring it back myself." - Greg Hochmuth, early IG employee
On the analytics side, Friends competes within Social Media and Photography β topics that collectively have 231.6k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Friends performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Friends?
Friends was hunted by Bailey Richardson. A βhunterβ on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform β 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 Friends including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Bailey Richardson