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I think Facebook's end goal with Instagram through their blatant and shameless copying is to signal to all newcomers, if you refuse to be acquired, they will cr

I think Facebook's end goal with Instagram through their blatant and shameless copying is to signal to all newcomers, if you refuse to be acquired, they will crush you using the power of their existing market & network effects. If I have a startup that I do like to rid out for a long time and Facebook comes calling, I'm more likely to sell out and move on if I haven't won the market, rather than watch them crush me by copying my features and adding to their platform.

devoply 9y ago
ol billy g used to do the same thing. goog tried and failed.
saurik 9y ago
You do understand that all of Facebook is nothing more than a better executed "blatant and shameless copy" of MySpace, right? ...and that MySpace was nothing more than a better executed "blatant and shameless copy" of Friendster, right?
- sevenfive 9y ago
  Internet was growing more then. Eventually growth stabilizes and whoever's on top gets locked in.
- RickS 9y ago
  I think that does facebook a pretty severe disservice. Facebook was, in many ways, the anti-myspace at a time when that was a very welcome development. The lack of profile skinning, the real name policy, and by extension the reflection of an offline network (vs the band spam of myspace) made it a significantly different offering. I'd go so far as to say that the difference is what allowed them to coexist with myspace for so long. It's not as though they launched and then myspace promptly fell over. The two were side by side for years, the same way FB and snapchat are/were. Compared to that, the IG stories feature is a much more direct imitation. The geofilter and text implementation are so similar that, to anyone but a power user, a screenshot of a post from each would be indistinguishable. With that said, I can't say I'm mad to see snapchat in decline. They put pepsi ads between videos of people I care about. Straight to the dumpster with that.
  - jfaat 9y ago
    How is putting pepsi ads between videos of people you care about any different than what Facebook does?
    - RickS 9y ago
      It isn't my IG stories (the snapchat competitor) are, at the moment, ad free, as is my feed. Facebook is certainly guilty of that, so I'm off there too.
hkmurakami 9y ago
Isn't the current valuation for Snapchat much higher than FB's buyout offers?

devoply 9y ago

ol billy g used to do the same thing. goog tried and failed.

saurik 9y ago

You do understand that all of Facebook is nothing more than a better executed "blatant and shameless copy" of MySpace, right? ...and that MySpace was nothing more than a better executed "blatant and shameless copy" of Friendster, right?

sevenfive 9y ago
Internet was growing more then. Eventually growth stabilizes and whoever's on top gets locked in.
RickS 9y ago
I think that does facebook a pretty severe disservice. Facebook was, in many ways, the anti-myspace at a time when that was a very welcome development. The lack of profile skinning, the real name policy, and by extension the reflection of an offline network (vs the band spam of myspace) made it a significantly different offering. I'd go so far as to say that the difference is what allowed them to coexist with myspace for so long. It's not as though they launched and then myspace promptly fell over. The two were side by side for years, the same way FB and snapchat are/were. Compared to that, the IG stories feature is a much more direct imitation. The geofilter and text implementation are so similar that, to anyone but a power user, a screenshot of a post from each would be indistinguishable. With that said, I can't say I'm mad to see snapchat in decline. They put pepsi ads between videos of people I care about. Straight to the dumpster with that.
- jfaat 9y ago
  How is putting pepsi ads between videos of people you care about any different than what Facebook does?
  - RickS 9y ago
    It isn't my IG stories (the snapchat competitor) are, at the moment, ad free, as is my feed. Facebook is certainly guilty of that, so I'm off there too.

hkmurakami 9y ago

Isn't the current valuation for Snapchat much higher than FB's buyout offers?