"Old Instagram (OG) was perfect. The gold standard of simple, fast & beautiful. Nothing since has come close. That Instagram is clearly gone. And it’s not coming back. I started coding, reluctantly, to bring it back myself." - Greg Hochmuth, early IG employee
“An app for sharing photos with close friends 👋”
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 it’s not coming back. I started coding, reluctantly, to bring it back myself." - Greg Hochmuth, early IG employee
Friends was featured in Social Media (88.9k followers) and Photography (142.8k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 31.5k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Friends?
Friends was hunted by Bailey Richardson. 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.
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Bailey Richardson