I notice that you have to sign up with your phone number. Could this be a clever way to link phones with Facebook accounts that do not have a phone number ?
If Facebook is doing it, its a clever way to do something to help them serve you ads.
Facebook Slingshot – A new way to share photos and videos
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#62This underscores what appears to be an interesting strategic move by Facebook: build an ecosystem of applications, which in turn encourages people to use their other products. In turn, this provides continued competition against Twitter, Tumblr, etc. The interesting thing about this app is that it's an experiment: viral success of social applications appears to be a hit or miss sort of thing, so why not throw many th…
"build an ecosystem of applications," Google tried this in the mid-oughts. They stopped and began focusing mostly on Android, Search/Ads and YouTube. They rolled all that random idea/app shit into Google X. Apparently, Steve Jobs and the Google founders sat down and he basically said focus or die. So Google focused. I'm sure there's a Google graveyard out there that highlights all the apps they attempted to make, a f…
From my point of view, Google still is an ecosystem of applications: Search, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Maps, Google Docs, YouTube, Google Analytics, Google AdSense, Blogger, Google+, etc.
In fact, if you want a complete list, just get a "Google Apps for Business" account ($50/user/year) and start browsing the Admin pages.
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#63I am guessing this is something kids will use to share nude pics... wish I was a kid now...
I'll show you mine...if you show me yours first?
and then send me a blank picture so you can see the one I sent for you. This way, a picture exchange requires at least 3 pictures. Seems like a win for usability to me. /s
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
This quote is best understood from within the context of the article. At my first glance, I thought the same as you, then I read the article. Basically, they're not saying that people shouldn't feel pressure to reciprocate (obviously), they're saying that people needn't feel pressure when "creating" something, because everyone else is "creating" stuff too, so most of it won't be excellent quality. They're not trying…
Thanks for the context. I read a different article (NYT one) but was commenting here as it was the top voted one at the time on HN.
I hate Facebook status update anxiety. Some days I never leave my house.
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#65Seems like they're trying to create more interaction and it sounds like it would be fun...for the first couple of times. Who really wants to go out of their way to make a new video or photo to see something? We've all become accustomed to the instant gratification that the internet offers, why would we suddenly opt in for a slower experience? Or it will turn into people sharing the same generic useless video / pictur…
I'm actually excited, but only to use this with my GF and I. We do something similar with Hangouts, but this seems more fun due to the video support primarily. I have yet to find out if the videos are temporary (i hope so)
Just like Snapchat's pictures were temporary?
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#66>> "Mr. Flynn, who said he thought up Slingshot as a way to push his brothers to respond to his photo messages" (From NTY)[1] What a bad reason to create a product. People don't want to respond to your messages so your create a way to try to force them to respond. Realistically they probably won't care enough to reply and now won't see your messages at all. [1] http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/17/facebook-releas…
Or download your stupid fucking app in the first place.
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#67We live in the age of wonders. The internet and mobile devices create endless possibilities for people to communicate, learn and interact. And at Facebook, a company which can, if it chooses, pick from among the brightest engineering minds and focus their efforts on any problem it chooses, the power to concentrate years of programming knowledge on the capabilities afforded to us by this astonishing bounty of personal…
I'm happy to see someone who shares my exact same sentiment. I mean, when I read "but there's a catch, they have to send something first" I thought it was a joke. First of all, the fact that they made another snapchat with just a little spin on it says to me that they don't really know what they're doing; they're just after money, there's no vision behind it. Secondly, with all the useful products and services they c…
I think it's more indicative of the way applications are being used these days.
Create a gimmick -> gain incredible popularity -> try to monetize your product -> users switch to the next gimmick -> create a new gimmick.
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#68One interesting thing I've noticed is facebook has been making a lot of new apps and widgets. Messenger, Paper, Slingshot. Seems to me that they are trying to increase engagement with the "new" factor. I think it's pretty smart.
Is there actually a significant user base for them though?
I know Messenger was pretty much forced onto users, but other than that I don't know anyone who uses Paper, nor do I think any of my friends will start using Slingshot - especially when there are well established alternatives such as Snapchat.
I'm doubtful many of them have even heard of these new apps, and this is coming from someone relatively young (20 y/o).
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#69We live in the age of wonders. The internet and mobile devices create endless possibilities for people to communicate, learn and interact. And at Facebook, a company which can, if it chooses, pick from among the brightest engineering minds and focus their efforts on any problem it chooses, the power to concentrate years of programming knowledge on the capabilities afforded to us by this astonishing bounty of personal…
Sharing photos and videos is an activity that brings meaning to billions of lives, and it's not unreasonable to try to improve upon it.
Facebook is a large company with a number of revenue streams. Every single feature they undertake does not need to individually earn its keep. (And I'm not sure why that aspect would concern you in any case.)
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#70We live in the age of wonders. The internet and mobile devices create endless possibilities for people to communicate, learn and interact. And at Facebook, a company which can, if it chooses, pick from among the brightest engineering minds and focus their efforts on any problem it chooses, the power to concentrate years of programming knowledge on the capabilities afforded to us by this astonishing bounty of personal…
It's you. You are the monetization strategy.