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Facebook had image uploading via mobile at the same time instagram was purchased. So it isn't just that. Instagram smartest thing they did was leverage the Fac
by ec109685 10y ago
Facebook had image uploading via mobile at the same time instagram was purchased. So it isn't just that.
Instagram smartest thing they did was leverage the Facebook social graph (something much harder to do now) to integrate instagram photos as posts in the feed, so that when a user clicked on them, you ended up at instagram rather than staying inside Facebook.
- oblio 10y ago> leverage the Facebook social graph (something much harder to do now) Could you give a bit more details about this?
- ec109685 10y agoHere's a good article on the subject: https://www.google.com/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2013/01/24/my-precious-social-graph/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2013/01/24/my-pr... One more: https://techcrunch.com/2013/01/18/facebook-data-voxer/ https://techcrunch.com/2013/01/18/facebook-data-voxer/
- basch 10y agoInstagram was a camera + profile app. Snapchat was a camera+message. Facebook took a long time to get mobile right. Instagrams simplicity, and Facebooks lack of response was what allowed Instagram to grow. And dont forget Instagram was originally more a photo hosting adoon for twitter, similar to imgur to reddit.