Dump.fm: "The best real-time image sharing thingy"

If you are a fan of the Friday Round Up, you are gonna looove dump.fm (WARNING: SOME NSFW CONTENT) I’ve posted links to dump.fm before but it’s high time I gave it the props it’s due by devoting a post to it. Dump.fm is the brainchild of artist/internet archeologist Ryder Ripps and developers, Scott Ostler, Tim Baker and Stefan Moore. If you like to twitter but you hate words you should try this.

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Dump.fm allows pictures “to be used for realtime communication and collaboration. Users can send image URLs (which display instantly in the chat), upload locally from their hard drive or post pics right from their webcam. Every image gets stored in your DUMP.FM log, similarly, a log is kept of the entire collaboration.” Think tumblr but with more potential for realtime exquisite corpse-esque collaboration between users. Take for instance evolving and perhaps familiar memes such as “Sloth Goth” and “Deal with it!” – both originating on or near dump.fm.

As soon as you log into dump.fm, you are directed to the live image chat taking place and admittedly, it can be a tad intimidating (I think I have dumped but once and I am still getting my sea legs) but this is where the magic happens. You can post links, uploads, webcam pics as single images or any combination therein to create your own montages. Just be sure to be quick ’cause the conversation moves fast and it is the most fun when you can develop on a theme or string of images. If you are having problems keeping up, just consult the calender where the founders have provided a little help with themes such as ” THIS CAT’S FACE ON STUFF” for July 4th

Dump Fodder!