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Re: Google Stories

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Post by TameAntelope »

cambalache wrote: post #90

When I see things like this I laugh and laugh and laugh about the naive view usually presented in HN that the "best minds of our generation" are all in FAANGs. Move over Peter Scholze, Terry Tao and Magnus Carlsen, the Google(TM) kids who just copied TikTok/Instagram have just arrived.

Ah geez, I really don’t want to derail this, but Magnus Carlsen is not one of the “best minds of our generation”, he’s remarkably good at a game that rewards memory and pattern matching.

I don’t think even Magnus Carlsen thinks of himself in that way, no one in the chess world does, as far as I know.

Most serious chess players don’t make the mistake of thinking their skills translate very well.

Re: Google Stories

#202

Post by mns »

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.

People know what stories are, they make sense on Instagram or other similar platforms, but I have absolutely no clue why everyone needs to make stories now. Linkedin? Youtube? Netflix? And now Google with stories in search? What do they bring in all these cases?

Re: Google Stories

#203

Post by roselan »

k3liutZu wrote: post #199
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…

> I’m genuinely confused what I’m looking at and feel old right now. Another "social" attempt from Google. Anyone remember Google+?

google++

That's what popped in my mind when the title ("Stories meet their widest audience ever").

Re: Google Stories

#204

Post by gandutraveler »

When I searched for few athletes on Google, I remember seeing a stories+AMA like feature. It looks like this has already in use for internal Google search products. It looks like a content publishing platform and Google crawler will aggregate these stories across the web to show the most trending stories on web.

If executed well I do see this being successful. But it's Google, the team which developed is may very well be working on something else and this will most likely not get marketing budget and support needed to succeed.

Re: Google Stories

#206

Post by rorykoehler »

k3liutZu wrote: post #199
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…

> I’m genuinely confused what I’m looking at and feel old right now. Another "social" attempt from Google. Anyone remember Google+?

I also remember Google Wave.

Re: Google Stories

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Post by ezconnect »

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…

A slide show

Re: Google Stories

#209

Post by miked85 »

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.

> it seems like the majority of commenters here are completely unfamiliar with the format

I would be guilty of this. I don't use social media, so this is new to me. It is difficult to see the appeal at first glance.

Re: Google Stories

#210

Post by klunger »

Am I the only one that thinks this is kind of nice? I was just putting together a personal portfolio website and thinking about adding a feature like this. But I hadn't yet because of the work involved. This will make it a lot easier.

If you don't like, you don't have to use it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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