Enjoyed Visually in the past when it was an open platform
Rating: 6 out of 10
IncentivizedUse Cases and Deployment Scope
I used Visually as a freelancer to both share my work and attract potential clients - it was a terrific channel for this purpose. It also made my visual content easy to share on other social media channels. As an ancillary use case, it was helpful for seeing other high quality visual content for inspiration on new and existing projects.
Pros
- Staff picks were a great way of sifting through many pieces of content
- It was easy to share things uploaded to visual.ly to other social media channels
- There is an awesome amount of content on Visually
Cons
- There is a bias towards infographics (as opposed to 'real' data visualization)
- It is not very clear the path between how people who need content get matched up or find creators
- Interface was redone too often
Likelihood to Recommend
I would be less inclined to recommend Visually to a colleague now than I would have in the past. In the past, highly skilled freelance programmers and designers were more able to get matched with potential clients. Now, things have to go through Visually and creators cannot post their independent work and get matched up independently.
Vetted Review
2 years of experience