Are there any good stats available on Instagram's usage over trends over time? Seems like people are using it less and less.
Introducing Instagram Stories
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#42Meanwhile any time I look at Instagram now I'm hard-pressed to find any posts from the current day because they only show me the "important" highlights from more than a day ago.
Yeah, I'm serious.
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can you elaborate a bit on your developer experience? I've started building an app for Instagram and would like to know. Apart from the newly introduced sandbox and app approval requirements I haven't noticed any major pain points yet. It's true that most libraries are only seldom updated, but on the other hand the API doesn't change much and it's REST with OAuth after all.
In addition to other major legal restrictions, the latest API update crossed a line for accessing your own posts; now you can only retrieve 20 of the most recent entries and pagination has been disabled. Yes, Instagram legally owns your data, but now they are actively preventing you from accessing it as well.
Are you implying that the /users/self/media/recent endpoint now ignores the count, min_id and max_id parameters?
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#44I would really like to know why Facebook thought that this would be a better feature for Instagram than for Messenger or WhatsApp. That's how I use my social media apps: - WhatsApp: Messaging with most of my friends (I'm from Germany and here everyone I know uses WhatsApp) - Messenger: Messaging with people that don't have WhatsApp - Snapchat: Letting my friends now what I'm up to right now. I don't put much thought…
That's easy. Instagram is a cooler brand among the same demographic that is crazy about snapchat.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can you elaborate a bit on your developer experience? I've started building an app for Instagram and would like to know. Apart from the newly introduced sandbox and app approval requirements I haven't noticed any major pain points yet. It's true that most libraries are only seldom updated, but on the other hand the API doesn't change much and it's REST with OAuth after all.
We went through the Instagram approval process about a week ago, and it was fine. The API itself is pretty good I think, and has a pretty good coverage of their platform functionality. New sandbox and approvals are bit more limiting than the previous version, but it was ok in general. Our application was approved for all requested permissions in less than two days.
Thank you, this is very useful information.
That's pretty quick actually, didn't expect that they'd be so fast.
Edit: I'd be pretty interested if other developers could share their experience with the approval process too.
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#46Instagram, instead of focusing on making important improvements to its own app and platform, decide to clone Snapchat. Color me surprised. Things that are shit with IG and still require attention: - there is no real onboarding experience [1] - good luck contacting a human that works at Instagram with a support query as a user [2] - good luck contacting a human that works at Instagram with a support query as a develop…
Considering Instagram was founded on ruining pictures with crappy filters, I doubt HD photos are anywhere on their radar.
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can you elaborate a bit on your developer experience? I've started building an app for Instagram and would like to know. Apart from the newly introduced sandbox and app approval requirements I haven't noticed any major pain points yet. It's true that most libraries are only seldom updated, but on the other hand the API doesn't change much and it's REST with OAuth after all.
In addition to other major legal restrictions, the latest API update crossed a line for accessing your own posts; now you can only retrieve 20 of the most recent entries and pagination has been disabled. Yes, Instagram legally owns your data, but now they are actively preventing you from accessing it as well.
Isn't that only for applications in sandbox mode?
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#48This is Facebook's third attempt at trying to compete against Snapchat, this time with the exact same name as their product. I guess third time's a charm. Interesting though that they're only implementing the most basic features (drawing over a video?), and not the more interesting and fun face tracking stuff that Snapchat does now. Personally, I can't see this being successful. Snapchat will remain to be a quick and…
I don't think there is much overlap between Snapchat and IG user bases, so I think this is more about adding well-received features as opposed to directly competing. In other words, they are leveraging all the time and effort that Snapchat put into developing a mature feature.
> I don't think there is much overlap between Snapchat and IG user bases
Huh? The overlap is probably one of the largest of any social networks. Simply take a look at the sheer volume of Instagram's that are obviously touched up Snaps.
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#49Instagram also cloned Vine and the responses were pretty similar if I remember correctly.
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#50Looking past the obvious verbatim copy. Have we reached the point where everyone is completely sick of another way to "share", update, and post every moment of our lives. It's really exhausting. Is this a function of getting old?
> Have we reached the point where everyone is completely sick of another way to "share", update, and post every moment of our lives.
Obviously, no. Snapchat's rise is all the proof you need.