Announcing Instagram Profiles on the Web • Hacker News Board

Re: Announcing Instagram Profiles on the Web

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Post by timfletcher » Mon, Nov 05, 2012, 10:47 PM UTC

nsns wrote: post #10

There are already several 3rd parties on the web offering this service (e.g., web.stagram.com, statigr.am), wonder how they'll take this.

In the case of my app, monogr.am, we provide a custom designed gallery with options to choose any images from your feed. We have custom domains etc. I don't see this as a competitor at all for our market - people who really put time and effort into their images.

Instagram's really just showing your latest photos online and a few curated ones at the top. The user has no control at all over which images are shown.

Re: Announcing Instagram Profiles on the Web

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Post by grinich » Mon, Nov 05, 2012, 10:51 PM UTC

duck wrote: post #17

barredo wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It only competes with Facebook with one feature.

Yes, but you could argue it is the killer feature of Facebook.

And hence, worth a 1% acquisition.

Re: Announcing Instagram Profiles on the Web

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Post by bravoyankee » Mon, Nov 05, 2012, 10:54 PM UTC

Hmm. Very pinteresting.

Re: Announcing Instagram Profiles on the Web

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Post by fosk » Mon, Nov 05, 2012, 10:55 PM UTC

It's hard to say if you're not into it, but I wouldn't have sold.

Re: Announcing Instagram Profiles on the Web

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Post by pestaa » Mon, Nov 05, 2012, 11:19 PM UTC

timfletcher wrote: post #41

nsns wrote: post #10

There are already several 3rd parties on the web offering this service (e.g., web.stagram.com, statigr.am), wonder how they'll take this.

In the case of my app, monogr.am, we provide a custom designed gallery with options to choose any images from your feed. We have custom domains etc. I don't see this as a competitor at all for our market - people who really put time and effort into their images. Instagram's really just showing your latest photos online and a few curated ones at the top. The user has no control at all over which images are shown.

Not so long ago IIRC Twitter closed the gates before orthogonal consumers (i.e. they were not competitors either).

I wouldn't be surprised much if Instagram/Facebook used similar tactics.

Re: Announcing Instagram Profiles on the Web

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Post by benschwarz » Mon, Nov 05, 2012, 11:21 PM UTC

I think this was really needed… you only need to look at the various sites web.stagram.com, pictajam.com, instaprof.appspot.com, ink361.com and more to know that people really wanted this.

Great, however — there is no way to take your photos with you without using the API (and thusly, oauth).

I was really hoping for an RSS/Atom feed, or a JSON endpoint that didn't require auth.

Do you think this is an oversight on instagrams' part, or was I just misguided in my hopes?

Re: Announcing Instagram Profiles on the Web

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Post by dustyreagan » Mon, Nov 05, 2012, 11:34 PM UTC

ry0ohki wrote: post #30

elorant wrote: post #26

Next thing they'll add a bit sharing/voting and there goes Pinterest.

I think it's more of a final nail in the Flickr coffin. Pinterest is a completely different vertical (it's not even pictures necessarily, it's lots of random stuff on the web)

Maybe I'm just set in my ways, but I still love flickr. It's how I store my photos online. I certainly don't want to store my photos on Instagram. Though, flickr has missed an opportunity for the way people share spontaneous iPhone pics. A lot of people still use a real camera and upload their pics in batches.

Re: Announcing Instagram Profiles on the Web

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Post by natesm » Mon, Nov 05, 2012, 11:58 PM UTC

runemadsen wrote: post #40

state wrote: post #31

The aesthetic similarity to Facebook is pretty striking. Now you really can see why Instagram was bought, and where it's headed.

I wonder if they are going to flip the "facebook photos is now instagram" switch some time soon?

The Facebook Camera app still hasn't been updated for the iPhone 5. Too bad, because it's an incredible app, much nicer than Instagram (which isn't horrible or anything).

Re: Announcing Instagram Profiles on the Web

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Post by 8ig8 » Tue, Nov 06, 2012, 12:01 AM UTC

Wishfully, as I scrolled, I was hoping for: "To opt out of profiles..."

This may be great. I'd just rather take a wait-and-see approach.

Re: Announcing Instagram Profiles on the Web

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Post by padraigm » Tue, Nov 06, 2012, 12:02 AM UTC

fosk wrote: post #44

It's hard to say if you're not into it, but I wouldn't have sold.

I don't know, at the time almost everyone way saying they got way more than they were worth. If this were a field with a lot of room for further innovation, I'd tend to agree with you, but social photo sharing? Take the $1B and move on to the next project.