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Ads may come to Instagram

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Re: Ads may come to Instagram

#3

Post by jemka »

1. Facebook is a for profit company.

2. Facebook probably wants to seek a direct monetary ROI on Instagram.

3. Facebook may or may not have figured out that strategy. Either way, not revealing those details is an indication of nothing beyond standard business practice.

4. Some users don't like ads, which is evident by the popularity of ad blocking tools.

5. Some users don't mind ads, some even click on them, which is evident by the revenue ads generate.

What part of this article brings anything new to the table that we haven't known for months/years?

Re: Ads may come to Instagram

#5

Post by mayneack »

jemka wrote: post #3

1. Facebook is a for profit company. 2. Facebook probably wants to seek a direct monetary ROI on Instagram. 3. Facebook may or may not have figured out that strategy. Either way, not revealing those details is an indication of nothing beyond standard business practice. 4. Some users don't like ads, which is evident by the popularity of ad blocking tools. 5. Some users don't mind ads, some even click on them, which is…

The exact same thing that your comment brings. It's not saying those are interesting things, it's saying "why do all these 'new sources' think those are interesting ideas"

Re: Ads may come to Instagram

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Post by lancefisher »

404error wrote: post #2

They should partner with http://printstagr.am/ and make money off their users.

I've used printstagr.am, and liked it. The prints are fun just like the instagram photos. It would be cool if this were built in to Instagram, and I could mail the prints as a gift.

Re: Ads may come to Instagram

#8

Post by 404error »

lancefisher wrote: post #6
404error wrote: post #2

They should partner with http://printstagr.am/ and make money off their users.

I've used printstagr.am, and liked it. The prints are fun just like the instagram photos. It would be cool if this were built in to Instagram, and I could mail the prints as a gift.

Yup that's what I was thinking. Build in the functionality to order prints straight from the app. They could expand to postcards which I think would be awesome.

Re: Ads may come to Instagram

#9

Post by kyllo »

Kind of a condescending article. Really, Instagram pulled an enormous bait-and-switch. Create a great application, give it away for free until you've built up a huge base of users, then sell the application and its user base to another company and let them figure out how to actually make money off it.

Understandably users are going to be upset because they're being asked to either pay for or see ads with something that they used to get for free and ad-free. People will always be upset when you take something away, even if you gave it to them for free.

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