dman
Beme Member
Posts: 53
Beme Username: d-man
Beme Link:: https://beme.com/d-man
Registered: Jun 18, 2016 12:07:57 GMT
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Post by dman on Aug 3, 2016 7:36:44 GMT
Just gonna leave this here...
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Post by josephk on Aug 12, 2016 21:35:56 GMT
Often times while using beme I will go through my "followers" and find a person check out what they are doing and react. Lately I am beginning to notice that majority of the people on beme either rarely use it or havent used it at all. This is a terrible trend. Maybe 1 beme 4 months ago 15 minutes as other people. I mean CASEY hasnt even bemed in over a week and hes the founder!!!!!! The future of this wonderful utopia rest heavily on our shoulders.
How to fix the problem: 1. get celebrities on beme. (probably not going to happen) 2. They have to fix all the bugs (also probably not going to happen) 3. scroll through your follow list or type in a random name and just pump out reactions to random strangers. bemeing is fun but bemeing without an audience is discouraging there are people out there that want to be in the Beme family but dont know how or where to go. we must find them the way Professor X finds the XMen. Ill make a beme about t! Have a Great DAY ALL and BEME ON
It didn't help my cause any when I finally discovered that unless users followed me, they didn't get my reactions - probably since or close to since I've started. That's supposedly been solved. I used to get lots of follows this way - including building new relationships, etc. After the fix, things seemed back on track until mid-week. I'm going to have to test again to see if it has reverted. If it hasn't, then I can no longer see new followers in my recent followers list. That sucks because I want to view everyone if I can - especially those who take the time to react to my stuff. I know many people are too fearful of doing that though.. Anyways, the bugs are what kill me. I don't even really care about my follower count - I just want to see who is new! Heck, most of you all in the forum don't even appear in my recent followers list.
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Post by josephk on Aug 12, 2016 21:45:27 GMT
Yep, most of the beme squad listed on the app tonight are hardly regular posters. Jack, prolific, 2 days ago Colin two days ago, then a week ago, then two weeks ago. HENRY two months ago. Android Matt 1 month ago (presume he's active on his apple, was there most prolific poster pretty much - just checked 1 week ago) Jacob 2 months ago Monk 1 month ago AK 4 weeks ago Casey 1 week ago, 2 weeks ago, 3 weeks... just tapping in a couple of clips each week. I swear it feels like I've seen him more on snapchat than beme! Kinda feels like a startup in trouble, right? Damn. I love the community engagement it's fostered with the video reactions. So. Many. Bugs. Though. If we didn't love it we would've given up ages ago. Also left comment on his twitter and vid reaction on his last beme. Do we have confirmation that someone even checks this forum? Come on guys! Talk to us! I understand Casey - there's no money in Beme for him, and to devote anytime away from YouTube is shocking (his bread and butter $$). On the other hand, I don't. The actions speak so loud to me - don't care. And when you mention it, they raise a fit - holier than thou kind of fits.. Anyways, here is a concept: get it to a point where it is sell-able to Snapchat or someone else. That thought has crossed my mind a lot. Did someone mention they're talking about Ads?! They better get the app polished and perfect before that, including the horrific video quality. I've never seen an update that claims to fix squished faces actually cause that very bug where it never existed before. Since 1.0.25, the video quality compression and pixelation on the Android version is so bad, I rolled back to 1.0.23 and 1.0.24. I have not seen a new update since 1.0.25.. If they don't get perfect quality video down like any other app with the same premise, you'll see even the loyalists probably drop. I can't see how any of their statistics are right - perhaps those who have latest app installed = active users? It's not like you can delete your account. Side note: a concern of mine has been no agreement with Beme and users as to who exactly owns the content. I guess they do considering they don't let you download them.
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Post by josephk on Aug 12, 2016 21:50:33 GMT
I can see a bunch of us asking directly now on Beme, Twitter, Youtube, facebook etc so... Maybe Kurt will have something for us in his next post. I'm good for NZ$100 if we want to do a whiparound and buy them out. kwagg006 Maybe if I CC you - Did they give you any indication on why they don't beme, what's on with the app (e.g., quality is really been lack luster), etc? I hope the rumor isn't true that they plan on ads.. at least not yet until their video quality on Android is as good as instagram or snapchat or any other app for that matter.
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edhagape
Beme Member
Beme>Snapchat
Posts: 94
Registered: Jun 18, 2016 4:15:25 GMT
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Post by edhagape on Aug 13, 2016 5:25:31 GMT
Hey guys since y'all taking about Casey not getting anything here is a clip of him talking about the finances of Beme.
I also think it's too early to put ads beacuse I feel like the app is not big enough to put ads. (Remember IG started putting ads a couple years after they became famous.)
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dman
Beme Member
Posts: 53
Beme Username: d-man
Beme Link:: https://beme.com/d-man
Registered: Jun 18, 2016 12:07:57 GMT
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Post by dman on Aug 13, 2016 23:37:39 GMT
^ I guess that's old now but it has the subtext of "sell" right? And it sorta feels like they've given up on trying to make the app better. So many good enhancements suggested in this forum etc. No useful updates in forever. (More harmful in some cases). Keep wondering if the team even tests it to the same conditions that users are actually using it. We've now got whole long video conversations going on in the reactions now, for eg. Also seems we've effectively lost a couple of our Oz friends to snapchat because of how buggy beme is. I hate snapchat but I never had video upload etc issues with it. Wasn't there in the early days though so don't know of their tech journey. (Seems we've also lost some to pokemons ) (One to youtube - DJ, know you're on holiday but a little spark was missing when you came back to Beme. Like a little sadness had crept in. I'm probably just projecting ) Grateful to the beme technicians who stepped in to help out with recent woes to stop more key members slipping away. App/online Advertising is such a weak minded model to embrace these days. Youtube is desperate to get away from it. Praise adblockers for forcing a shift in thought. Subscription models are also flawed though... So I guess it's not Beme per se that we love - it's what it enabled and fostered: creative expression and positive public interaction and collaboration. Friendship, even. Therapy, sometimes. (& only in relatively recent times). That's why we're concerned. Have a great day, peoples. Kia ora.
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edhagape
Beme Member
Beme>Snapchat
Posts: 94
Registered: Jun 18, 2016 4:15:25 GMT
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Post by edhagape on Aug 14, 2016 5:36:30 GMT
^ I guess that's old now but it has the subtext of "sell" right? And it sorta feels like they've given up on trying to make the app better. So many good enhancements suggested in this forum etc. No useful updates in forever. (More harmful in some cases). Keep wondering if the team even tests it to the same conditions that users are actually using it. We've now got whole long video conversations going on in the reactions now, for eg. Also seems we've effectively lost a couple of our Oz friends to snapchat because of how buggy beme is. I hate snapchat but I never had video upload etc issues with it. Wasn't there in the early days though so don't know of their tech journey. (Seems we've also lost some to pokemons ) (One to youtube - DJ, know you're on holiday but a little spark was missing when you came back to Beme. Like a little sadness had crept in. I'm probably just projecting ) Grateful to the beme technicians who stepped in to help out with recent woes to stop more key members slipping away. App/online Advertising is such a weak minded model to embrace these days. Youtube is desperate to get away from it. Praise adblockers for forcing a shift in thought. Subscription models are also flawed though... So I guess it's not Beme per se that we love - it's what it enabled and fostered: creative expression and positive public interaction and collaboration. Friendship, even. Therapy, sometimes. (& only in relatively recent times). That's why we're concerned. Have a great day, peoples. Kia ora. I totally agree with you, Beme has become more of a pain in the ass to use. But I still use it because of how it has changed my life. I have been more creative and joyous through the positivity all throughout every user. I have also made lots of friendships through this app. This app is like a more personal kind of social media since interacting with different users from diffrent places are more personal and real since you see there faces. It's not like IG or other apps were if you see someone you don't know like you pic you block them right away. Here in Beme if you see a reaction from someone far away an you don't know them it's pretty cool. Then you interact with them then later on it feels like you've been friends with them for forever when in fact you were just once strangers using any ordinary app. For example me and JDROU (if you haven't go check him out) we met each other on Beme, then we started to DM each other on IG and then I knew he was in the same grade as me (going to first year of high school), that he is a huge tech fan like me, etc. I also use the app as a stress reliever too. In the end 8th grade in the midst of high school acceptances, finals, graduation, etc. I went to Beme to wind down. Whatever was happening that day (finals, graduation practices, etc.) it all went away when I saw each one of your bright and shining faces. You know many who create a Beme account just come because Casey created it (I know that's how I got it). But many then see it as a "crappy app" because of all the bugs, glitches, and how non useful it is in their lives. Beme y'all need to step up!I have heard y'all read this forum so ^. Forget about the past (aka your we launched a crappy app so it might be a failure mindset) and get your act together, fix ALL the bugs, and make Beme a more smooth experience with NO bugs and NO crashes and not one that is a giant pain in the ass. Also keep the app up to date with how users are using it because a D-Man says whole conversations are being done through the reactions and the reaction timer goes by fast. So that means people are getting more and more reactions. Y'all need to step up, shape up, and MAKE BEME GREAT AGAIN!
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edhagape
Beme Member
Beme>Snapchat
Posts: 94
Registered: Jun 18, 2016 4:15:25 GMT
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Post by edhagape on Aug 14, 2016 5:40:33 GMT
And ladies and gentlemen this has been my rant for the day. Stay tune for more until Beme gets their act together and actually MAKE BEME GREAT AGAIN!
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jonah94
New Beme Member
Posts: 1
Registered: Aug 8, 2016 12:50:39 GMT
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Post by jonah94 on Aug 14, 2016 22:37:31 GMT
Hey, so I'm kind of new to beme (check me out: justjonah94) but I've quickly grown to love it. I use it far more than snapchat or IG, but it is crazy frustrating to use because of the bugs. I can't even send video reactions right now!! Fortunately, I am getting a new phone and 1 of the things I'm most excited about is to be able to send beme reactions, but I'm thinking about getting the samsung galaxy s7 and I'm slightly worried using the app could cause screen burn. DJMorley I remember in a past post you said you experienced this, do you have any info whether this is still a potential issue??
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Post by kozjegyzo on Aug 18, 2016 14:45:42 GMT
Hey, so I'm kind of new to beme (check me out: justjonah94) but I've quickly grown to love it. I use it far more than snapchat or IG, but it is crazy frustrating to use because of the bugs. I can't even send video reactions right now!! Fortunately, I am getting a new phone and 1 of the things I'm most excited about is to be able to send beme reactions, but I'm thinking about getting the samsung galaxy s7 and I'm slightly worried using the app could cause screen burn. DJMorley I remember in a past post you said you experienced this, do you have any info whether this is still a potential issue?? Well they've fixed some of it, but not all. The top bar is black now so that shouldn't burn in. The other parts of the app is still white. So that might still burn in.
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Post by kozjegyzo on Aug 18, 2016 14:56:30 GMT
I really love Beme and the whole concept. The video quality has gone from bad to worse. Now I'm seeing really bad quality Bemes from iPhone users, and basically everyone. Just Watched a Beme from Devo that was like I was watching Commodore 64 graphics (yeah I'm old). Also not only is the video quality bad, but there was a video drop in two of my Bemes. The last two from the festival, I had a few seconds of video, then only audio. This makes me really angry, because those where Bemes I can not re-create. One was awesome fireworks, where I was standing only a few meters, in the closed off area, where they where shooting from, the other where a girl recognised me from Beme. I'm really frustrated, and don't feel like investing my energy into Beme any more. Why create something that's gonna be awful? I rather look for alternatives. Some kind of easy recording app that I can use, that works like Beme, then upload the content to YouTube or something. I hope I don't have to d this though and Beme gets it's act together... We should really bombard them on all social media!
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dman
Beme Member
Posts: 53
Beme Username: d-man
Beme Link:: https://beme.com/d-man
Registered: Jun 18, 2016 12:07:57 GMT
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Post by dman on Aug 18, 2016 20:41:22 GMT
Well, a couple of the aussies are now somewhat using snapchat (I don't like snapchat). I can see the other platforms using video reactions soon (patent?). And I already know how to find most of my peeps outside of Beme so I'm not as stressed out any more. But like JayDee, I plan to be here till the end. It'll just change the creative output perhaps (last night's top 10 ish beme for example). I don't get notifications anymore (since IOS update on weekend). Get the numbers in the reaction square though. But if that went it would be difficult. Joe K's reactions don't trip that number, so I just have to....dammit we shouldn't even have to still be talking about all this. Yeah. I went through a hassle everyone phase very recently. So they know. They know. Jack did one clip showing a beme meeting last night which was cool - first bit of Beme team work we've really seen in for ages. The community interaction/reaction is what Beme is. Not the buggy app. That's just a misfiring vehicle. Surprising for all the talent they had. Is this technology pushing boundaries? Anyway, the game is the game.
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