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Re: Google Stories

#101

Post by dragonwriter »

stingraycharles wrote: post #24

Am I the only one who, after reading the landing page, still has no idea what this is? I’ve been watching “immersive” websites for quite some time, mostly marketing-ish websites but also sometimes some special purpose pages from National Geografic or NYT. What exactly is this? A JavaScript/CSS framework? Something like AMP? Or is it a social network like Snapchat? I’m genuinely confused what I’m looking at and feel o…

> Something like AMP?

“Like AMP”? Well, if you follow the links to get to the dev docs, you land at:

https://amp.dev/documentation/guides-and-tutorials/?format=s...

So, yeah, it is very much like AMP.

Re: Google Stories

#102

Post by technaturerun »

stingraycharles wrote: post #24

Am I the only one who, after reading the landing page, still has no idea what this is? I’ve been watching “immersive” websites for quite some time, mostly marketing-ish websites but also sometimes some special purpose pages from National Geografic or NYT. What exactly is this? A JavaScript/CSS framework? Something like AMP? Or is it a social network like Snapchat? I’m genuinely confused what I’m looking at and feel o…

It feels like instagram/facebook-like stories, but searchable on the web. These interactive stories definitely work great as advertisements on Facebook and now Google wants to monetize from them too.

Re: Google Stories

#103

Post by tmpz22 »

sanderjd wrote: post #99
stingraycharles wrote: post #24

Am I the only one who, after reading the landing page, still has no idea what this is? I’ve been watching “immersive” websites for quite some time, mostly marketing-ish websites but also sometimes some special purpose pages from National Geografic or NYT. What exactly is this? A JavaScript/CSS framework? Something like AMP? Or is it a social network like Snapchat? I’m genuinely confused what I’m looking at and feel o…

This is one of the more humorous threads I've read in awhile. Instagram stories are among the most widely used social media features, and it seems like the majority of commenters here are completely unfamiliar with the format.

The cognitive dissonance is from Stories being marketed as innovation. HN users are aware of stories (Snapchat has had them since 2013), but since they're not innovative in any way shape or form people aren't making the connection.

Re: Google Stories

#104

Post by meibo »

I actually think that this is nice.

Stories are a quick and easy way to consume light content. And that's really it, you wouldn't be using this for Wikipedia-style articles.

Re: Google Stories

#105

Post by jorgesborges »

freediver wrote: post #7
stevenpetryk wrote: post #3

Let's take a moment of silence in solidarity with all the engineers who will now have to make their company's blog support this.

And let's take a moment of silence in solidarity for all engineers who worked on this when this gets scraped.

I have the unfortunate inkling that this is here to stay. In hindsight it seems obvious that Google Search will implement the most successful and ubiquitous features of social media. I don't like it, but the pressure this will create for companies to compete in this space will be huge.

Re: Google Stories

#106

Post by dragonwriter »

scrollaway wrote: post #9

Wow, I guess this is what FOMO looks like when taken to the b2c megacorp level. It feels like a safe bet that this is Google+ all over again, and it'll fail just as badly. But hey, set a 5 year reminder and I'll happily take the "I was wrong" on this if I indeed am.

> It feels like a safe bet that this is Google+ all over again, and it’ll fail just as badly.

It feels a lot more like it is AMP all over again (because it is literally AMP). And I don’t recall that failing.

AMP is the Google thing it is trendy to complain about taking over, as opposed to almost everything else, where it is trendy to complain about it imminently failing.

Re: Google Stories

#108

Post by vulcan01 »

tmk1108 wrote: post #96
reidjs wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have yet to meet someone that uses bing, but maybe that’s just because I’m in the Silicon Valley bubble

I'm very far away from that bubble and I have yet to meet anyone who uses Bing either. And I know several people who still use Hotmail/Yahoo.

I use Bing... sometimes. They literally give you rewards points (that can be redeemed for Microsoft/Xbox gift cards) for searching. Pretty funny, the lengths they go to get you to use Bing...

https://account.microsoft.com/rewards/

Re: Google Stories

#109

Post by thekyle »

reidjs wrote: post #76
thekyle wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Microsoft Bing competes with Google Search.

I have yet to meet someone that uses bing, but maybe that’s just because I’m in the Silicon Valley bubble

I see people recommending DuckDuckGo a lot here which is basically just Bing without personalized results.
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