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Re: Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

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Post by adsjhdashkj » Wed, Aug 05, 2020, 2:24 PM UTC

munchbunny wrote: post #8

exdsq wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Random spot check and they all seem to be shared by users with high karma, so I think the site is just more popular? And it’s not some sort of marketing push by them.

They’ve been around for a few years with really solid (in my opinion) daily email news digests, and the in depth reporting they’ve done seems solid too, so I generally trust what they publish.

How would you rate them to APNews or Economist?

Re: Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

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Post by mc32 » Wed, Aug 05, 2020, 2:25 PM UTC

sixhobbits wrote: post #10

I read this as "Instagram reels [from the blast]" and was super confused about why Instagram was being hurt by products launched from its parent company.

Same here I understood it as sending insta reeling from the decision.

Re: Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

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Post by zo1 » Wed, Aug 05, 2020, 2:26 PM UTC

exdsq wrote: post #4

mothsonasloth wrote: post #2

Has anyone noticed the emergence of axios.com articles trending on HackerNews in the last week? Is this being engineered or is it because of the Trump interview on Axios?

Random spot check and they all seem to be shared by users with high karma, so I think the site is just more popular? And it’s not some sort of marketing push by them.

It is a bit odd from my perspective because I have not seen/heard of "Axios" until this "Trump Interview" thing happened. So I understand the OP's bafflement at it's prominence all of a sudden. Even the fact that they got an interview with the US president seems out of place to me.

Re: Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

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Post by DrBazza » Wed, Aug 05, 2020, 2:30 PM UTC

Never used Tiktok, or Instagram, and Facebook just now seems to be nothing more than a feed of irrelevant ads to, and any friends' or family posts are relegated to the little bell icon.

I barely look at it more than once every few days now as it has lost much of its utility.

Most of my friends and family are on other social networks and sites (twitter, strava, discord) now with fewer, or no ads, or even just whatsapp groups on the phone.

Re: Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

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Post by HumblyTossed » Wed, Aug 05, 2020, 2:36 PM UTC

mothsonasloth wrote: post #2

Has anyone noticed the emergence of axios.com articles trending on HackerNews in the last week? Is this being engineered or is it because of the Trump interview on Axios?

> Is this being engineered or is it because of the Trump interview on Axios?

Are these the only two possible reasons to choose from?

Re: Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

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Post by adventured » Wed, Aug 05, 2020, 2:37 PM UTC

exdsq wrote: post #4

mothsonasloth wrote: post #2

Has anyone noticed the emergence of axios.com articles trending on HackerNews in the last week? Is this being engineered or is it because of the Trump interview on Axios?

Random spot check and they all seem to be shared by users with high karma, so I think the site is just more popular? And it’s not some sort of marketing push by them.

Axios has no paywall, which considerably bolsters the shareability as it pertains to HN.

Reuters stories also fill that role now, as eg Bloomberg and many other prominent news sources have clamped down hard on their non-paywalled content.

Re: Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

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Post by epistasis » Wed, Aug 05, 2020, 2:41 PM UTC

mothsonasloth wrote: post #2

Has anyone noticed the emergence of axios.com articles trending on HackerNews in the last week? Is this being engineered or is it because of the Trump interview on Axios?

Using HN's search with the term axios.com, I see lots of articles from months and years ago, some with massive point totals. I don't think this week is much different from the past.

Re: Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

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Post by whalesalad » Wed, Aug 05, 2020, 2:42 PM UTC

Instagram is the beta test environment/battleground for Facebook.

Re: Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

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Post by addicted » Wed, Aug 05, 2020, 2:44 PM UTC

sixhobbits wrote: post #10

I read this as "Instagram reels [from the blast]" and was super confused about why Instagram was being hurt by products launched from its parent company.

That’s exactly how I read it as well until I noticed the upper case R.

Re: Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

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Post by pletsch » Wed, Aug 05, 2020, 2:45 PM UTC

My biggest wish for Instagram is to stop creating new ways to format content and give users more control over how their content is distributed. For example, I know a few people with private accounts for close friends or fitness accounts, why not create feeds of posts that people can subscribe to? They have a similar feature with stories/highlights.

This is most likely to boost account #s but it's frustrating to have to follow multiple accounts for one person.