Great job with the app! I signed up and applied to answer questions and it approved me. What isn't/wasn't clear was if or how I should promote that I'm answering questions? Is there a link? A place to tweet this? Or do I just rely on you to recommend me to people?
@jeff_osborn Glad you like that tag line <3 I believe there is a need for short form video Q&A content. We think users on mobile interested in Q&A want bite-sized content that is easy and fun to consume. Video makes Q&A more personal too.
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1. Idea? awesome.
2. Feel of the app? awesome
3. solves my (viewer's) problem? Definitely
Tried it for 10minutes and already loving it. The idea of using 8 coins per answer is not bad, but it might be a bit too expensive for majority of people. I'm most probably wrong (I'm not as smart or experienced as the creators).
Summary: It's awesome, try it.
As a frequent user of Quora and viewer of @justinkan and @msuster's snapstorms, I am super excited that a platform for view Q&A exists now. Any plans around a B2B play for this (competing against the Alphasights and GLG of the world)?
Thanks to @justinkan, @ranidu, and @leoalmighty and for the public launch, I have been waiting for something like this for a while. Being able to have a conversation with an influencer is a really powerful ability, and Whale enables exactly that. It is partly the reason I started Veni Vidi VC podcast to be able to talk to startup investors. I have been using Whale repeatedly for 24 hours now, and I can safely say that besides Snapchat and Twitter, this is the app that takes most of my time now. I love the simplicity of the UI (great that you have not enabled commenting), Justin's explanation video, and easy sign ups using Twitter (smart move especially since you want more influencers on it).
There are couple key questions on my mind me as we go forward:
1. Is the in-app pricing same for all countries to buy Whale coins ? I would love to see PPP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu...) being used for various parts of the world, as I know that some of my friends from India .
2. What would be your response to @Snapchat potentially opening their API to the world in order to create something similar ? I have not answered a question yet (hint :P) so not sure if you have a special partnership with @Snap Inc. to enable the video responses.
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Brilliant concept, have been waiting for someone to breed video with Q&A the right way. This really looks promising.
Which markets are you going to be targeting?
I find this whole concept really cool. I've come across a few platforms trying to do the same off late with Chatter having been in the press for having the likes of Drake, Di Caprio on board. This raises an interesting question for me: Is the platform's capability going to be judged on the number and stardom of celebrities on board? Will celebrities be allowed to be on multiple platforms?
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