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Facebook Slingshot – A new way to share photos and videos

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Re: Facebook Slingshot – A new way to share photos and videos

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Post by ihsw »

theg2 wrote: post #2

The catch is a pretty big deal, and by deal I mean a deal breaker for me. Why do I have to share something back with someone in order to see what they've shared back at me? I understand it's great for engagement but who would use this over Snapchat or Instagram.

The concept kind of reminds me of Facebook poke wars, which are mildly entertaining in and of itself.

Re: Facebook Slingshot – A new way to share photos and videos

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Post by bronson »

joelrunyon wrote: post #5
theg2 wrote: post #2

The catch is a pretty big deal, and by deal I mean a deal breaker for me. Why do I have to share something back with someone in order to see what they've shared back at me? I understand it's great for engagement but who would use this over Snapchat or Instagram.

I had the same question. That doesn't even remotely mirror how an actual conversation works.

It mirrors how a flamewar works.

Re: Facebook Slingshot – A new way to share photos and videos

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Post by Kiro »

dcpdx wrote: post #8

I'm not sure I understand the allure of this; perhaps I'm missing something. So I have to send a video/photo in response to someone who sent me one, in order to see what they sent? It seems like there would be a massive disparity in interesting activities between two parties at any given time to make this concept work. If one of my buddies is having a riot at Coachella and sends me a crazy festival pic for instance,…

> Send them back a pic of my coffee mug or something?

I love getting job pictures on Snapchat so I'm not so sure it will always be a case where something is more interesting than the other.

Re: Facebook Slingshot – A new way to share photos and videos

#14

Post by Kiro »

ihsw wrote: post #11
theg2 wrote: post #2

The catch is a pretty big deal, and by deal I mean a deal breaker for me. Why do I have to share something back with someone in order to see what they've shared back at me? I understand it's great for engagement but who would use this over Snapchat or Instagram.

The concept kind of reminds me of Facebook poke wars, which are mildly entertaining in and of itself.

I didn't realize it when watching the promo video but you're actually spot on.

Re: Facebook Slingshot – A new way to share photos and videos

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Post by izolate »

I'm curious to know whether the slingshot team extensively "dogfooded" their application and found that the mandatory slingback requirement wasn't as bad as I'm expecting.

I imagine they did. Surely they wouldn't release an app without adequate market research/qa.

Still, I'm not convinced. I'll have to try it.

Re: Facebook Slingshot – A new way to share photos and videos

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Post by minimaxir »

dcpdx wrote: post #8

I'm not sure I understand the allure of this; perhaps I'm missing something. So I have to send a video/photo in response to someone who sent me one, in order to see what they sent? It seems like there would be a massive disparity in interesting activities between two parties at any given time to make this concept work. If one of my buddies is having a riot at Coachella and sends me a crazy festival pic for instance,…

There's a huge untapped market for sharing passive-aggressiveness on social media.
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