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Yeah, I think given their UI/model it is pretty difficult to have any long form discussion on Instagram. The "news" part of the newsfeed as always been FB's kil

by xkjkls 8y ago

Yeah, I think given their UI/model it is pretty difficult to have any long form discussion on Instagram. The "news" part of the newsfeed as always been FB's killer app. Or at least that and event planning, though I think it's not impossible for Instagram to develop a product around that.

colatkinson 8y ago
The only "long form discussions" I frequently see on Facebook are bad political arguments. Most people don't really care what Uncle Billy has to say about millenials. Agree on the event planning though. I think an Instagram Events would immediately get adopted by many young people.
CodeCube 8y ago
I keep hearing (anecdotally, of course), that people are starting to prefer Instagram because long form discussions are more difficult there. They seem to be seeking an escape from the news. Fair point about the event planning ... if FB were to cross-launch the sane event planning DB on instagram and whatsapp, I suspect that would be pretty much a killer app.
- code_duck 8y ago
  People in my circle of glass artist related accounts post a lot less politics on IG than FB. It is harder to repost articles, as well as have discussions as you noted (I think I lived through a week where IG was experimenting with adding threaded comments, though). I find FB’s curation of political posts to be poor and the venue to be an embarrassing one in which to discuss politics. So, I use IG when I want to connect with these folks.
- xkjkls 8y ago
  > They seem to be seeking an escape from the news. I mean that's about as 2018 as it gets. I'm not entirely sure if that's a permanent trend though.
  - CodeCube 8y ago
    Honestly, I see this as part of an _accelerating_ trend. I don't think it's going to change, and is only going to become more pronounced.
macintux 8y ago
Interesting, I've found Facebook's event management for large groups to be terrible. Our Jeep group has largely migrated from Meetup to Facebook, and the impact on event coordination has been largely negative.
- xkjkls 8y ago
  It's by far the best because everyone is on it though -- that shouldn't be understated.

by xkjkls 8y ago

colatkinson 8y ago

The only "long form discussions" I frequently see on Facebook are bad political arguments. Most people don't really care what Uncle Billy has to say about millenials. Agree on the event planning though. I think an Instagram Events would immediately get adopted by many young people.

CodeCube 8y ago

I keep hearing (anecdotally, of course), that people are starting to prefer Instagram because long form discussions are more difficult there. They seem to be seeking an escape from the news. Fair point about the event planning ... if FB were to cross-launch the sane event planning DB on instagram and whatsapp, I suspect that would be pretty much a killer app.

code_duck 8y ago
People in my circle of glass artist related accounts post a lot less politics on IG than FB. It is harder to repost articles, as well as have discussions as you noted (I think I lived through a week where IG was experimenting with adding threaded comments, though). I find FB’s curation of political posts to be poor and the venue to be an embarrassing one in which to discuss politics. So, I use IG when I want to connect with these folks.
xkjkls 8y ago
> They seem to be seeking an escape from the news. I mean that's about as 2018 as it gets. I'm not entirely sure if that's a permanent trend though.
- CodeCube 8y ago
  Honestly, I see this as part of an _accelerating_ trend. I don't think it's going to change, and is only going to become more pronounced.

macintux 8y ago

Interesting, I've found Facebook's event management for large groups to be terrible. Our Jeep group has largely migrated from Meetup to Facebook, and the impact on event coordination has been largely negative.

xkjkls 8y ago
It's by far the best because everyone is on it though -- that shouldn't be understated.