Is Poke Proof That The Facebook API Is A Trojan Horse?

Post by dcope » Sun, Dec 23, 2012, 7:02 PM UTC

capsule_toy wrote: post #40

dcope wrote: post #25

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That doesn't surprise me too much. Visually, the Poke app does look much more appealing however the big win is obviously the Facebook integration. Snapchat requires you to find friends by their phone number or by manually entering their username. The Poke application on the other hand allows you instant access to your entire friends list. In my opinion, the Poke app will obliterate Snapchat because of this.

I have a phone number for everyone I want to snapchat with, but a couple of those people are not on Facebook. I can't imagine someone not having a smartphone in my demographic but not having FB, while rare, does happen.

Post by 89a » Wed, Jan 02, 2013, 1:04 PM UTC

dcope wrote: post #25

tkahn6 wrote: post #4

So here's something that just happened 5 minutes ago. A girl I've been snapchatting with texted me and asked why the Poke app is just like snapchat. I asked her if it was better, and she said 'I haven't used it much, but it looks much better', and now we're using it instead of snapchat. Pretty fascinating. She downloaded the app because they're advertising it on their mobile app.

That doesn't surprise me too much. Visually, the Poke app does look much more appealing however the big win is obviously the Facebook integration. Snapchat requires you to find friends by their phone number or by manually entering their username. The Poke application on the other hand allows you instant access to your entire friends list. In my opinion, the Poke app will obliterate Snapchat because of this.