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It sounds like despite the criticisms in the article, Instagram has done it right. Everyone still uses the app, with no backlash the way Snap did. My wife and a
by docker_up 7y ago
It sounds like despite the criticisms in the article, Instagram has done it right. Everyone still uses the app, with no backlash the way Snap did. My wife and all her friends are using it like crazy still, it's sometimes the only way I can get in contact with her. So Facebook deserves a lot of credit for that, despite the tone of the article.
- draw_down 7y agoWhich is what makes the FB internal position on Instagram's growth so silly. If users are moving off of your old thing onto something else, you WANT to own that new thing! Otherwise someone else does, and your business slowly dies. The only alternative to this is for people to keep using FB forever and ever, but that ship sailed a very long time ago due to many decisions they made over the years. Basically, they made one of the best acquisitions in tech history and then got upset that it worked so well. Madness.
- kelnos 7y agoI'm just a single data point, but my IG usage has dropped considerably over the last year or so. Too many ads, the non-chronological feed, and "feed clutter" (follow suggestions, Stories reminders) have ruined it for me.
- Invictus0 7y agoCounterpoint: I love the Stories feature. Stories are for dramatically different content than the primary feed. They are for the mildly-interesting, curious little joys that permeate our lives, but are not interesting enough to merit documentation for posterity. And yet, it is still different that the type of content you see on Snap because the audience is different.
- lowdose 7y agoYou fact checked she doesn't carry a insta-hubby on the side?