DailyBooth was a photoblogging website designed for users to take a photo of themselves every day with a caption, in order to document and share their life with others, thus the slogan "your life in pictures." It was similar to social-networking websites such as Twitter in that you could follow other users and allow them to follow you in turn and get real-time updates on what other people are doing. The user base was geared towards teens.[2]
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Type of site | Image hosting service, social networking, photoblog |
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| Created by | NA |
| URL | http://www.dailybooth.com |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Yes |
| Launched | 13 February 2009[1] |
| Current status | Defunct (31 December 2012) |
In August 2009, the site was reported to have over 3 million unique visitors a month with a growth rate of about 35% a month.[2] On 11 November 2012, it was announced that the site would be closing down on 14 November, with users able to access and download their content until 31 December, at which point the site would be deleted completely.[3]
DailyBooth was funded by the startup funding firm, Y Combinator.[4]
History
editDailyBooth was founded and opened in February 2009[1] by Jon Wheatley and lead developer Ryan Amos, gaining popularity[4] after several YouTube stars and Internet celebrities, such as Ashton Kutcher and his wife Demi Moore[5] joined and encouraged their viewers and readers to join.[citation needed] On 7 September 2009 the site passed the 1,000,000 photo mark[6] and the user who posted the 1,000,000th photo won a Throwboy pillow.[7] In early 2010, the website reached 3,000,000 photos and 10,000,000 comments.
There were three versions of DailyBooth, the original (1.0), and two complete re-writes (2.0 and 3.0).
Y Combinator stated that they had once considered a name change for DailyBooth, but were afraid it would cause a revolt with the community.[2] In April 2012 it was announced that Airbnb will take over the team of DailyBooth in their search for talent.[8]
On 11 November 2012, members were sent an e-mail stating that no more content could be uploaded after 14 November and that all content will be permanently deleted on 31 December 2012. They introduced an option to export all the photos on an account. On 15 November 2012, DailyBooth became read only, removing the ability for users to post any new photos or comments. It closed completely on 31 December 2012.
Features
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The Live Feed was a feature which displays a real-time stream of recent photos and activity from all public members on the site.
The Live Map displayed real-time updates on a map.[9]
DailyBooth allowed users to automatically post a link to their Twitter account when they take new photos.[10] DailyBooth also offered short URLs for users to link to their photos.
Dailybooth Mobile Apps
editDailybooth released an iPhone Application that was very popular. With the release of Dailybooth V.3 came the launch of the all new Dailybooth application which included live feed, and the ability to message other users. The application is no longer available in Apple App Store.
References
edit- ^ a b "The DailyBooth Story". dailybooth.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
- ^ a b c MG Siegler (18 August 2009). "140 Characters? That's A Lot of Writing. Just Post A Picture on DailyBooth". Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ Russell, Jon (12 November 2012). "Once Red Hot Photo Service DailyBooth is Closing Down". The Next Web. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ a b Martinez, Jennifer (18 September 2009). "Why Is Photo Startup DailyBooth So Hot?". gigaom.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ Guynn, Jessica (4 July 2010). "DailyBooth.com builds communities". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ 1,000,000th picture Archived 26 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ DailyBooth Throwboy Competition Archived 28 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ O'Dell, J. (24 July 2012). "DailyBooth finally exits in talent acquisition by Airbnb". venturebeat.com. Venture Beat. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ "DailyBooth Live Map". Archived from the original on 27 September 2009.
- ^ Pete Cashmore (14 February 2009). "DailyBooth: Microblogging Through Photos". Mashable. Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2009.