Reading MG Siegler’s blog post entitled “Zuckerberg: Facebook Photos Used 5 Or 6 Times More Than Competitors — Combined”, got me thinking about what we’re trying to do with Pluckshot and how we can create a product that successfully disrupts the way photos are viewed on the web.

Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerburg said “The photo product that we have is maybe five or six times more used than every other product on the web — combined.”

This amazing statistic, is an awesome testament to the photo viewing experience Facebook provides, as well as a great example and model for Pluckshot when designing and planning our photo viewing experience.  What is it about Facebook that makes it so used?  Well, Faceboo CTO Bret Taylor made what I believe to be the most poignant statement of all when he said that, “the best possible organization of photos is around people,” Taylor said.

Jackpot!

While Facebook has achieved the goal of organizing photos around people for the photos that exist within their walled garden, I got to thinking, “What about the Facebook users that have their photos on one or more of these other photo sites”.  These photos need to be organized around these people too.  There are photos on Flickr, SnapFish, Picassa, Facebook, MySpace & Twitter that need to be organized around these user identities as well.  Right now, one must visit each site to ensure that they’ve seen all of the photos posted by someone.  Talk about inefficient and NOT GONNA HAPPEN.  Pluckshot wants to be the place where the ALL photos are organized around ALL identities.  With this solution, photos posted to the web will be organized around all identities a user has, not just one.  No more having to go to Facebook, Flickr and Picassa to see them all.  Just go into Pluckshot and they’re all there for you, in one single location.

We’re in the infancy stage of making this dream a reality, but I’m motivated by the vision of organizing the photos of the web around one thing … and that’s people.