Glass: The Next Instagram For Photography Lovers?
When It Comes To The Photography Community, Instagram Must Be The First Thing Many People Think Of. Since Its Birth In 2012, This Photo Social Platform Has Attracted Countless Users To Publish Photography Works, And Many Well-known Photographers Have Settled In. However, With The Acquisition Of Facebook And Pan Socialization, Instagram Is No Longer A Major Photography Platform. For Users Who Only Want To See Photographic Works, It Is Also Confusing To Always Brush Advertisements And Irrelevant Information On The Timeline.
Glass Is An Online Community That Focuses On Photography. At First Glance, It Looks Like A "pure Photographic Instagram", But After Careful Experience, The Fun Of Looking At Photos Brought By Glass Is Much More Unique Than Instagram. Next, Let's Talk About What's Wonderful About This Photography Community.
A Platform With Only Photos And No Algorithm
Glass Has Clearly Chosen The Apple Platform For Product Development Since Its Inception. At Present, It Has IPhone And IPad Versions (as Well As [new Online Web Version])( Https://glass.photo/ )), And will Not Consider Launching The Android Version For A Long Time。 For This Reason, The Registration Method Of Glass Is Simple And Radical - You Can Only Use Sign In With Apple.
Can Only Sign In With Apple, But The Development Team Said It Was Already Working On An Email Based Account System
For The First Time, Some Photographers Need To Pay Attention. After Logging In, They Come To The Main Interface Of Glass. There Is Nothing Else Here, Only Photos. There Is No Algorithm Involved In The Timeline Of The Home Page - You Can Only See The Works Of The Photographers You Have Followed, And All Photos Are Arranged According To The Release Time Order. Even If You Have Browsed All The Photos Released By Followers, Glass Will Not Recommend Any People Or Works You Haven't Followed.
Only Photos Will Enter The Big Picture Page After Clicking A Picture. When Browsing On IPad Or Web, The Photo Will Be Displayed On The Left And The Photo Description, EXIF And Other Information Will Be Displayed On The Right.
On The Left Is A Large Picture Of The Photo, On The Right Is The Description And EXIF Information, And On The Lower Left Corner Is The Function Button, Which Are Also Very Simple, Namely "home", "discovery", "I" And "notification".
The "discovery" Column Is The Only Place In Glass That Can Be Explored. It Is Divided Into Two Sections: "community" And "categories". Under The "community" Section, Glass Will Randomly Recommend Photographers Who Can Pay Attention To. Each Photographer's Avatar Will Be Accompanied By His Recently Released Works For You To Understand His Shooting Style. After My Repeated Attempts, It Is Basically Confirmed That The Photographers Recommended By Glass Also Have No Algorithm Intervention - Some Seriously Send Large Films, While Others Only Shoot Small Daily Pictures Of Drinking Coffee And Shopping. Even If I Only Focus On Certain Types Of Photos, I Can Still Find Other Photographers With Completely Different Styles Here.
Photographers' Recently Released Photos Will Be Directly Displayed Behind Their Avatars, So That Users Can Quickly Understand Everyone's Style. The Photos Of Each Subcategory In The "category" Are Also Arranged According To The Release Time Order. Everyone's New Photos Will Have The Opportunity To Be Displayed In The Front Row Of The Category For A Period Of Time. They Will Not Be Washed Away By Algorithms And A Large Number Of Follow-up Photos Just Like Instagram.
The Display Of Categories Is Very Intuitive. You Can See What You Want
Instead Of Clicking The "like" Button In The Photo View, Click The "like" Button In The Photo View. Not Only That, You Can't See How Many People Click "enjoy" When You Open The Photo. You Can Only Click It Alone To See The List Of Admirers. in The Description Of The "appreciation" Mechanism, The Development Team Expressed The Hope That The Function Of This Button Is To Simply Express Appreciation And Gratitude Without Doping Algorithms And Recommendations.
Glass's Handling Of "appreciation" Is Very Implicit. After "appreciation", It Is Only Received By The Other Party. It Will Not Pop Up A Huge Red Heart Or The Like, And The App Will Not Make Recommendations Based On The People Or Works You Have Appreciated A Platform That Only Needs To See And Publish Drawings Without Adding Pink Circle Powder**
The Rejection Of The Algorithm Also Determines That Glass Is A Platform That Can Quietly Look At And Send Pictures. If You Stroll Through "discovery", You Can See That Many Users Are In This State - They May Not Be Photographers In The Real Sense, But Like To See And Send Pictures. They Take One Picture Every Day When They Encounter Interesting Things In Their Life. It May Not Be Good, But It's Serious.
Just Find A Big Brother With Such A Style. The Photographer Glass Platform, Which Belongs To The Small Record Type Of Daily Life, Doesn't Want Users To Send Pictures For Circle Powder, Which Is Very Different From Instagram. On Instagram, All The Reminders About Photos Are Very Eye-catching - "someone Likes You! Someone Pays Attention To You!! Wu Laoer Next Door Sent Photos Again. Look!!!" However, Glass Is Completely Opposite. If The System Push Is Turned Off, There Are Almost No Notifications Inside The App. All Dynamics Are Included In The "notification" Section, And The Types Are Only "attention" And "appreciation".
Friends Familiar With Instagram Should Be Very Familiar With This Scene. All Kinds Of Strong Reminders And Advertisements Float Everywhere
Glass's Notification Center Is Concise And Clear. In Addition, Glass's Persistence In "looking At Pictures On IPad And Web" Also Reflects The Development Team's Understanding Of Photography. Take My IPad Air As An Example. Open A Photo In The IPad Glass. The Image Display Area On The Left Is Just Similar To The Size Of A 5-inch To 6-inch Physical Photo, Which Is Also The Minimum Scale For Viewing A Photo. Under The Influence Of Mainstream Social Media, Most People Are Used To Watching Photos With Only Two Or Three Inches On Their Mobile Phones. Such A Scale Can Not Fully Show The Information And Details Of Photos. Because The Viewing Scale Has Become Larger, Glass Also Supports The Uploading And Browsing Of High-definition Pictures Accordingly, Which Further Increases The Amount Of Information Of Photos And Allows Viewers To Be Closer To The Intention Of Photographers.
There Is A Big Difference In The Perception And Amount Of Information That Can Be Obtained From The Same Photo On Different Sizes Of Equipment
Because Of High-definition Pictures, It Is Better To See Pictures On Large-size Devices. However, The Overall Restraint Design Also Leads To Some Inflexibility. When Publishing Photos, Glass Will Automatically Capture The EXIF Information Of The Photos, Which Cannot Be Modified; The Optional Types Of Photos Are Also Limited To Three, And There Is No Function Similar To Instagram Hashtag. You Need To Make A Choice Every Time You Send Photos. However, The Development Team has Confirmed That It Will Add The Function Of Editing EXIF Information, It's Undoubtedly Good News For Film Users Who Don't Have Native EXIF Information In My Photos.
When Publishing Photos, You Can Edit Photo Information And Select Categories, But You Can Only Select Up To Three One Photography Community**
Although The Product Form Of Glass Looks Like Instagram At First Glance, Glass Is Not Here. What It Wants To Do Is A Real Photography Community. In Addition To Viewing And Sending Photos In The App, Glass Also Provides A "[selected] On Its Website( Https://glass.photo/highlights )The "highlight" Column Regularly Visits Interesting Photographers In The Community And Invites Them To Share Their Creative Stories, Which Is Very Similar To The Model Of Our School - Users Create Content And Edit It For Selection. Moreover, Reading The Photographer's Interview Is A Good Way To Improve The Photography Level. You Can Enrich Your Cognition Of Photography By Understanding Other People's Equipment, Creative Ideas And Thinking About Photography.
In An Interview With A Photographer In The "selected" Column, This Column Can Be Viewed Without Registration. In Order To Make The Community Develop Continuously, Glass Chose The Business Model Of Paid Subscription. The Cost Of Registering Glass Is $4.99 Per Month And $49.99 Per Year (currently Only $29.99). New Users Can Get 14 Days Of Free Experience. It Is The Intervention Of The Threshold Of "charging" That Keeps Glass In A Relatively High-quality And Advertising Free State.
Glass Has Also Evolved Rapidly. The Glass Platform Was Officially Born In August 2021. The IPad Version Was Launched In March This Year And The Web Version Was Released In April. On The Premise That The Core Team Is Only Tom Watson And Stefan Borsje, Such Development Speed Has Been Quite Fast. More Importantly, The Two Core Founders Are Photography Enthusiasts. As Long As They Continue To Maintain Their Enthusiasm For The Photography Community, The State Of Glass Will Not Deviate.
Can Glass Replace Instagram? No. As Mentioned Above, The Positioning And Audience Of Glass Is Only A Small Branch Of Instagram, And Its Function Only Serves Photographers, Which Hardly Has The Social Attribute In The Traditional Sense. But If You Just Want To Browse And Publish Photography Purely, And You Can Accept Paying For The Photography Community, Glass Is Very Worth Trying.
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