Ask HN: How did Socialcam gain 4M users this weekend?

8 pointsmhunter13y ago4 comments

There's a recruiting post (see: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3881446) on HN that mentions Socialcam gained 4M users this weekend. How did they do it?

Alexa: http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?w=400&h=220&o=f&c=1&y=t&b=ffffff&n=666666&r=6m&u=socialcam.com&

4 comments

AznHisoka13y ago

I can see how being featured in the App Store can give you 100K users, but 4 million? Really?

bmelton13y ago

http://www.quora.com/Socialcam/How-did-SocialCam-add-4mm-use...

Reposted (blatantly stolen):

1) It's featured in the app store under "New & Noteworthy"

2) It ranks #2 for "Video Camera" searches

3) When you connect Socialcam to Facebook it says, "This app may post on your behalf, including videos you watched, people you followed and more."

mhunterOP13y ago

thanks!

zbruhnke13y ago

yep ... that's the graph you want to show investors haha

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