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Re: Video on Instagram

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Post by psbp »

josh2600 wrote: post #26

Sigh... Instagram talks a good game, but I find this to be more unimaginative dreck. Look, I get it, you need to clone Vine to stay competitive, but it's not new or a re-imagining of the video paradigm. Most of these social startups promise unique experiences based on new forms of social interaction, but really only deliver more ways to watch cats dance on the internet. Bring on the hardcore technology like better Et…

This is just a clever way to get video ads integrated into the facebook stream.

Relevant: http://adage.com/abstract?article_id=242165

Re: Video on Instagram

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Post by lotso »

tsurantino wrote: post #34

So, expectedly, we will hear a lot of criticism that Instagram is copying Vine. In some ways, it is - but with its own spin and one that I think will emphasize beauty in video, much like it has done with photos and whereas I see Vine personally as one that lets you share moments as they are or some kind of quirky videos. Technologically, the difference is arbitrary (filters vs. no filters) but, as the saying goes: th…

There are more shares from Vine on Twitter than Instagram. I'd say its use has skyrocketed.

Re: Video on Instagram

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Post by onedev »

josh2600 wrote: post #26

Sigh... Instagram talks a good game, but I find this to be more unimaginative dreck. Look, I get it, you need to clone Vine to stay competitive, but it's not new or a re-imagining of the video paradigm. Most of these social startups promise unique experiences based on new forms of social interaction, but really only deliver more ways to watch cats dance on the internet. Bring on the hardcore technology like better Et…

You don't think their stabilization technology is imaginative?

Re: Video on Instagram

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Post by dzlobin »

psbp wrote: post #38
schiang wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just downloaded the app. Videos don't play automatically. You have to click the 'play' button. Doesn't look like it repeats once you play either.

User uploaded ones won't autoplay, but the video ads will

You've posted several times in this thread so far complaining about the ads, do you have a source? There aren't any video ads right now nor did they specify _anything_ about how they might work. The only thing they _did_ say, was that user content won't be used in ads.

Re: Video on Instagram

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Post by minikites »

Maybe this is me projecting, but I feel like it's way more difficult to create a good video than it is to create a good photograph. I see lots of great images on Instagram and a lot of terrible videos on Vine. I hope my Instagram feed doesn't fill up with terrible videos.

Re: Video on Instagram

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Post by [deleted] »

lotso wrote: post #44
tsurantino wrote: post #34

So, expectedly, we will hear a lot of criticism that Instagram is copying Vine. In some ways, it is - but with its own spin and one that I think will emphasize beauty in video, much like it has done with photos and whereas I see Vine personally as one that lets you share moments as they are or some kind of quirky videos. Technologically, the difference is arbitrary (filters vs. no filters) but, as the saying goes: th…

There are more shares from Vine on Twitter than Instagram. I'd say its use has skyrocketed.

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