Does a picture equal a thousand words? On Dump.fm it does. Founder Ryder Ripps, who created the image-based chat service, wanted to create a way for people to share the art they've just created, so after joining forces with other artist-turned-digital fiends Scott Ostler of MIT Exhibit and Tim Baker of Delicious, Dump.fm was born!

Click here to find out what other chatting platform inspired Ripps and read the full article from Switched.