Four months after launching Whale 1.0, the team's back with an entirely new Tinder-inspired take. While the baseline utility is still roughly the same (ask questions of influencers and get video answers), the format is totally different and radically simplified.
One of the more interesting notes is about the removal of its in-app contributor currency, "coins": While the old coin model was fun and contributed to bringing people back to the app, we noticed that most content created on the platform was free to consume. We also noticed that some users hoarded coins but never used them to watch videos or ask questions. Overall, coins complicated the product for new users, without providing much utility for existing users, so we decided to remove the coin model completely.
Very radical re-design. I like the idea of swiping and rate interesting questions from the community. What I don't like about the new design is that I can't just open the app and browse through videos right away - one aspect of the old version i really enjoyed. Whenever I had some free minutes I scrolled through videos and pods and just started watching. Really miss this functionality.
Still 🐳 has a fixed place on my homescreen - keep up the good work 💪
The new design looks very nice, great job! Now it looks empty for me tho. Maybe I didn't spend enough time with it yet or didn't ask enough questions, but totally feel like it's empty right now 🤷♂️
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