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Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

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Re: Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

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Post by nikofeyn »

snowwrestler wrote: post #38

I still cannot believe that Twitter bought Vine, couldn't figure out what to do with it, shut it down, then had to bring it back as a read-only archive because there was so much popular outcry. At the time, the story was that all these other platforms like Instagram and Snapchat were adopting short videos, so Vine could not compete anymore. But obviously it was possible to compete, since an entirely new service --Tik…

just as a note, tiktok was not an entirely new service. they bought and then transformed musical.ly.

Re: Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

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Post by dleslie »

hart_russell wrote: post #21
OzzyB wrote: post #9

Quoting from the excellent blog post[1] submitted here yesterday[0] that stole my morning workout time: " Instagram is some strange hybrid mix of social and interest graph, and now it’s also a jumble of formats, with a Stories feed relegated to a top bar in the app while the more stagnant and less active original feed continues to run vertically as the default. Messaging is pushed to a separate pane and also served b…

It's like Facebook didn't learn their own lesson from... Facebook. The biggest reason I left Facebook was because the platform became a jumbled mess instead of its original clean interface. It's the reason why Facebook originally won out against Myspace and why Instagram won out against Facebook.

What lesson would that be? Facebook is hugely successful.

Re: Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

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Post by carlosdp »

> Reels' video distribution algorithm will resemble TikTok's: users will see the most popular videos at the moment, rather than a selection tailored to their individual profile.

That's not how TikTok works, the feed is really good at tailoring to the stuff you actually like to watch. It's a big part of why it's so popular.

> Reels differs from TikTok thanks to Instagram's augmented reality effects, which let users overlay images and filters onto their videos.

TikTok has had AR filters for a long time now...

Re: Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

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Post by Invictus0 »

nsilvestri wrote: post #33
hart_russell wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's like Facebook didn't learn their own lesson from... Facebook. The biggest reason I left Facebook was because the platform became a jumbled mess instead of its original clean interface. It's the reason why Facebook originally won out against Myspace and why Instagram won out against Facebook.

Instagram didn't "win out" against Facebook. They fulfill two different roles with a few duplicated features.

Yes it did. Instagram is cool and Facebook is not. Now Snap is cool and Instagram is fading.

Re: Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

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Post by mcbutterbunz »

keiferski wrote: post #37
alangibson wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used Instagram for the first time 6 months ago because I'm old, and I was shocked that an app with such a rep for elegance is such a hodge podge of features. It really feels like they just glued a bunch of 'me too' functions onto the original core app.

Once upon a time it was quite elegant. Then, like everything Facebook acquires, it grew into a bloated "why not?" monster.

IMO, its elegance came from its simplicity. It did one thing and it did it well.

There is an ever growing demand for new features, not necessarily from users, to fend off rivals and to stay relevant and exciting. As with a lot of popular apps and services, it ends up bloated, trying to offer everything to everyone and satisfying no one.

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snowwrestler wrote: post #38

I still cannot believe that Twitter bought Vine, couldn't figure out what to do with it, shut it down, then had to bring it back as a read-only archive because there was so much popular outcry. At the time, the story was that all these other platforms like Instagram and Snapchat were adopting short videos, so Vine could not compete anymore. But obviously it was possible to compete, since an entirely new service --Tik…

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Re: Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

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Post by me_me_me »

dleslie wrote: post #42
hart_russell wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's like Facebook didn't learn their own lesson from... Facebook. The biggest reason I left Facebook was because the platform became a jumbled mess instead of its original clean interface. It's the reason why Facebook originally won out against Myspace and why Instagram won out against Facebook.

What lesson would that be? Facebook is hugely successful.

Well yes, but it has limited growth potential. Latest generations are not interested joining it. So in 10 years it will be a dying platform.

Kodak didn't die when invented digital cameras, but it was a downhill ride towards inevitable cliff.

Re: Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

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Post by Ensorceled »

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?

I think you're actually just experiencing the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.
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