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Re: Introducing Photos of You

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Post by hashmymustache »

talhof8 wrote: post #15
GuiA wrote: post #13

Clever move. Next one is merging Facebook accounts and Instagram accounts; and then boom, they have a clean dataset ready to merge into Facebook. Instagram can finally be a full part of Facebook, and the Instagram that we know (and, for some of us, love) will be finally completely gone.

Agree. Totally agree. I think a good move for Facebook would be to keep Instagram a stand-alone dataset and app.

What would be the point of acquiring them then? I guess to own social networks like detergents - present an illusion of choice with separately branded products under the same parent company.

Re: Introducing Photos of You

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Post by buro9 »

Aardwolf wrote: post #19

Is it possible for someone to explain to a rarely-social-network-site-user what Instagram actually does? All I know is it has something to do with photos. But you already can upload photos to various social network sites (and could already upload photos way before this whole so called social thing existed). And marketing talk saying how great photos are (which I think people knew 100 years ago too already) doesn't re…

I'll admit to also not knowing.

My understanding, and perhaps I'm wrong, is that:

1) It's like Flickr, except it's an app on a phone rather than a web page

2) It uploads directly from the phone rather than you having to upload

3) I believe there's some type of photo effects studio

And that's the sum of my understanding, but it still doesn't add up to much... what else is there that I'm missing?

PS: I feel I've just done the tech equivalent of one-line movie synopses: http://johnvey.com/features/movies Totally failing to express what you might feel when you use the app, my knowledge of Instagram is really just what I've heard... if there's a big warm fuzzy thing I'm missing please share.

Re: Introducing Photos of You

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Post by jonathanjaeger »

Aardwolf wrote: post #19

Is it possible for someone to explain to a rarely-social-network-site-user what Instagram actually does? All I know is it has something to do with photos. But you already can upload photos to various social network sites (and could already upload photos way before this whole so called social thing existed). And marketing talk saying how great photos are (which I think people knew 100 years ago too already) doesn't re…

It's super fast to take pictures. You don't have to use a filter, but if you do, you can make an average or below-average picture look halfway decent (or even amazing). There's very little friction to get started and it's easy to follow and interact with people. Easier said than done to get such a great experience on mobile. It's photos and social done right, in my opinion. Anectdotally, it got someone like me who never took pictures before to really enjoy the creativity and process of sharing photos with friends and have memories of things I've seen in New York.

Re: Introducing Photos of You

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Post by talhof8 »

hashmymustache wrote: post #21
talhof8 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agree. Totally agree. I think a good move for Facebook would be to keep Instagram a stand-alone dataset and app.

What would be the point of acquiring them then? I guess to own social networks like detergents - present an illusion of choice with separately branded products under the same parent company.

Keeping Facebook as dominent as possible on mobile. I guess...

Re: Introducing Photos of You

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Post by bluetidepro »

kefs wrote: post #12

Any tagged Photos of You are public, by default.. You can approve them first, but you have to turn that option on. This sounds like a potential privacy issue..

I don't think it's that big of a deal. When I launched the app after updating, it had an on-boarding experience allowing me to choose either or option on how the visibility worked. It wasn't like it was a silent "default on" option that you're making it sound like. I actually think they rolled it out in a very clean, and privacy thoughtful way. Probably because of the whole privacy fiasco that had a while back.

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Post by [deleted] »

Aardwolf wrote: post #19

Is it possible for someone to explain to a rarely-social-network-site-user what Instagram actually does? All I know is it has something to do with photos. But you already can upload photos to various social network sites (and could already upload photos way before this whole so called social thing existed). And marketing talk saying how great photos are (which I think people knew 100 years ago too already) doesn't re…

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Re: Introducing Photos of You

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Post by Peer »

buro9 wrote: post #22
Aardwolf wrote: post #19

Is it possible for someone to explain to a rarely-social-network-site-user what Instagram actually does? All I know is it has something to do with photos. But you already can upload photos to various social network sites (and could already upload photos way before this whole so called social thing existed). And marketing talk saying how great photos are (which I think people knew 100 years ago too already) doesn't re…

I'll admit to also not knowing. My understanding, and perhaps I'm wrong, is that: 1) It's like Flickr, except it's an app on a phone rather than a web page 2) It uploads directly from the phone rather than you having to upload 3) I believe there's some type of photo effects studio And that's the sum of my understanding, but it still doesn't add up to much... what else is there that I'm missing? PS: I feel I've just d…

I like Instagram because it feels less serious then Facebook. When I upload something to Facebook, it feels like it has to be something good. On Instagram I can just post whatever picture I want, doesn't really matter that much. I do also not have any relatives on Instagram, which is quite nice. I think that might be one of the reasons why many like Instagram over Facebook/Flickr (or maybe it's just me that reason that way).

Re: Introducing Photos of You

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Post by rjd »

Anyone have an idea what the usage stats for instagram are these days?

I've seen a massive drop off on Facebook. It's gone from my news feed more or less just being instragram pics... almsot everyone using it... down to about 3 regular people. It feels to me like everyone I know has stopped using it, unless Facebook is deliberately hiding pics.

Re: Introducing Photos of You

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Post by run4yourlives »

Aardwolf wrote: post #19

Is it possible for someone to explain to a rarely-social-network-site-user what Instagram actually does? All I know is it has something to do with photos. But you already can upload photos to various social network sites (and could already upload photos way before this whole so called social thing existed). And marketing talk saying how great photos are (which I think people knew 100 years ago too already) doesn't re…

If you ever get an answer to this question, please post it on HN as its own story so the rest of us can share in this knowledge.

Because, like you, I have no idea what half of these social media sites are good for.

Re: Introducing Photos of You

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Post by xpose2000 »

rjd wrote: post #28

Anyone have an idea what the usage stats for instagram are these days? I've seen a massive drop off on Facebook. It's gone from my news feed more or less just being instragram pics... almsot everyone using it... down to about 3 regular people. It feels to me like everyone I know has stopped using it, unless Facebook is deliberately hiding pics.

I read at a tech blog (can't find source now) that active monthly user counts are as follows:

Twitter: 200 mil Instagram: 100 mil LinkedIn: 160 mil Facebook: 1.1b

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