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Re: Introducing Photos of You

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Post by xpose2000 » Thu, May 02, 2013, 8:06 PM UTC

hashmymustache wrote: post #21

talhof8 wrote: post #15

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Agree. Totally agree. I think a good move for Facebook would be to keep Instagram a stand-alone dataset and app.

What would be the point of acquiring them then? I guess to own social networks like detergents - present an illusion of choice with separately branded products under the same parent company.

Because instagram is growing insanely fast. faster than facebook did at the same age of the company. facebook could own both of the biggest social networks out there.

Re: Introducing Photos of You

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Post by tyre » Thu, May 02, 2013, 8:08 PM UTC

Tagging. They introduced tagging people in photos. Let's not make this out to be some crazy feature, it should be a core part of a photo-based social network.

As a non-user, I was a bit shocked that they didn't already have this feature.

Re: Introducing Photos of You

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Post by Aardwolf » Thu, May 02, 2013, 8:14 PM UTC

jonathanjaeger wrote: post #23

Aardwolf wrote: post #19

Is it possible for someone to explain to a rarely-social-network-site-user what Instagram actually does? All I know is it has something to do with photos. But you already can upload photos to various social network sites (and could already upload photos way before this whole so called social thing existed). And marketing talk saying how great photos are (which I think people knew 100 years ago too already) doesn't re…

It's super fast to take pictures. You don't have to use a filter, but if you do, you can make an average or below-average picture look halfway decent (or even amazing). There's very little friction to get started and it's easy to follow and interact with people. Easier said than done to get such a great experience on mobile. It's photos and social done right, in my opinion. Anectdotally, it got someone like me who ne…

Are these filters better than what Photoshop/Gimp/... can do?

Re: Introducing Photos of You

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Post by Aardwolf » Thu, May 02, 2013, 8:16 PM UTC

Peer wrote: post #27

buro9 wrote: post #22

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I'll admit to also not knowing. My understanding, and perhaps I'm wrong, is that: 1) It's like Flickr, except it's an app on a phone rather than a web page 2) It uploads directly from the phone rather than you having to upload 3) I believe there's some type of photo effects studio And that's the sum of my understanding, but it still doesn't add up to much... what else is there that I'm missing? PS: I feel I've just d…

I like Instagram because it feels less serious then Facebook. When I upload something to Facebook, it feels like it has to be something good. On Instagram I can just post whatever picture I want, doesn't really matter that much. I do also not have any relatives on Instagram, which is quite nice. I think that might be one of the reasons why many like Instagram over Facebook/Flickr (or maybe it's just me that reason th…

So Instagram pictures do not end up at Facebook? I thought they did, shows in how big need I was for an explanation :)

Re: Introducing Photos of You

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Post by imjk » Thu, May 02, 2013, 8:17 PM UTC

rjd wrote: post #28

Anyone have an idea what the usage stats for instagram are these days? I've seen a massive drop off on Facebook. It's gone from my news feed more or less just being instragram pics... almsot everyone using it... down to about 3 regular people. It feels to me like everyone I know has stopped using it, unless Facebook is deliberately hiding pics.

Only anecdotal evidence here, but I've noticed a lot fewer people reposting everything from Instagram onto their FB profiles. I see a lot more of my friends using Instragram as an autonomous social network, and at least among my friends, it seems like Instagram's user base is still growing aggressively.

Re: Introducing Photos of You

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Post by OGC » Thu, May 02, 2013, 8:17 PM UTC

xpose2000 wrote: post #31

hashmymustache wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What would be the point of acquiring them then? I guess to own social networks like detergents - present an illusion of choice with separately branded products under the same parent company.

Because instagram is growing insanely fast. faster than facebook did at the same age of the company. facebook could own both of the biggest social networks out there.

> facebook could own the biggest social networks out there.

ftfy. if they know what they are doing, they'll just merge the data into one network, and keep the user experience on the frontends the same.

Re: Introducing Photos of You

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Post by samstokes » Thu, May 02, 2013, 8:22 PM UTC

Aardwolf wrote: post #33

jonathanjaeger wrote: post #23

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It's super fast to take pictures. You don't have to use a filter, but if you do, you can make an average or below-average picture look halfway decent (or even amazing). There's very little friction to get started and it's easy to follow and interact with people. Easier said than done to get such a great experience on mobile. It's photos and social done right, in my opinion. Anectdotally, it got someone like me who ne…

Are these filters better than what Photoshop/Gimp/... can do?

They're probably better than what Photoshop/Gimp can do on your smartphone. Producing professional-quality portfolio pieces isn't the main use case here :)

(Speaking as someone who also doesn't quite "get" Instagram.)

Re: Introducing Photos of You

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Post by ghettoeinstein » Thu, May 02, 2013, 8:23 PM UTC

ooo oooo Niche Alert* run a contest insta-scam, and woefully have people tag your spam page for free airline passes, or gucci bags.

Re: Introducing Photos of You

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Post by jonathanjaeger » Thu, May 02, 2013, 8:27 PM UTC

Aardwolf wrote: post #33

jonathanjaeger wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's super fast to take pictures. You don't have to use a filter, but if you do, you can make an average or below-average picture look halfway decent (or even amazing). There's very little friction to get started and it's easy to follow and interact with people. Easier said than done to get such a great experience on mobile. It's photos and social done right, in my opinion. Anectdotally, it got someone like me who ne…

Are these filters better than what Photoshop/Gimp/... can do?

No, but it's easy to use on-the-go with your mobile phone. However, there are definitely people on Instagram who care more about the look of the photos and do more professional touchups to their photos. They probably aren't there for the ease of use but for the community aspect -- posting more professional pictures for a large following.

Re: Introducing Photos of You

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Post by AVTizzle » Thu, May 02, 2013, 8:28 PM UTC

tyre wrote: post #32

Tagging. They introduced tagging people in photos. Let's not make this out to be some crazy feature, it should be a core part of a photo-based social network. As a non-user, I was a bit shocked that they didn't already have this feature.

Nobody's making this out to be a crazy feature...