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Re: Video on Instagram

#81

I think people are missing the point here if we're judging Instagram on the grounds of innovation alone. What's exciting about this is that Vine seems to be the only startup that got the formula of "Instagram for video" right, and now we're seeing them being surprise-attacked by a relatively unexpected competitor that has a far bigger user base and launches on Android and iOS at the same time. I don't even think ther…

Do you really believe this is a "surprise attack"? I'd like to hear more about Instagram being an unexpected competitor

Re: Video on Instagram

#83

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…

Where did they say it was new or a re-imagining of the video paradigm?

Re: Video on Instagram

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post #72

I swear every single product launch or redesign announcement these days uses the word beautiful.

It used to be pretty natural for me to use this in product announcements (along with other catchy words: 'innovative', 'game-changing', 'amazing', etc...). "Why not, I think it's beautiful, so will everybody else!!" My manager taught me that it was far, far better for my users to discover the beauty themselves. "Under promise, over deliver." Let the user get excited about the functionality - the most beautiful or eas…

YES. The adjective-overload is too much.

Re: Video on Instagram

#85
The update hasn't reached the server around me, so I can't verify - are the filters really just the photo filters but on video? If so, I'm massively disappointed - they have a whole new dimension of data and they're doing nothing with it!

Yes, video filters are hard. That makes them worth doing.

Re: Video on Instagram

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The video introducing video on Instagram is on Vimeo. That speaks volumes about this service.

You didn't think that through, did you? It's longer than 15 seconds.

Alternatively, Instagram didn't think their messaging through. 15 seconds is a long time.

Re: Video on Instagram

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't think their stabilization technology is imaginative?

How does this compare with Youtube Capture's stabilization? I haven't used either. *If this is any indication youtube's is pretty good, but not as seamless: http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2012/05/video-stabilizati... Though we haven't seen a video comparison yet.

Or Luma?

Re: Video on Instagram

#89

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.

i think it is a safe bet that you can plan on your instagram feed filling up with terrible videos :)

Re: Video on Instagram

#90

The update hasn't reached the server around me, so I can't verify - are the filters really just the photo filters but on video? If so, I'm massively disappointed - they have a whole new dimension of data and they're doing nothing with it! Yes, video filters are hard. That makes them worth doing.

Can you elaborate on what you think they Gould be doing with this re dimension of data in video?

Personally, I think everything around how Facebook does groups is broken.

Get out of the single-vertical-column shackles.

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