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Facebook seems to prefer to let others do the first-mover work to carve out a social market, and then come in a bit later and use their existing scale (with FB,
by siruncledrew 6y ago
Facebook seems to prefer to let others do the first-mover work to carve out a social market, and then come in a bit later and use their existing scale (with FB, IG, Whatsapp) to copy the same features into their apps.
It’s basically what they did with Instagram Stories after Snapchat existed.
There’s the whole China aspect with TikTok, but regardless this is just how Facebook competes with whatever is popular.
- nickthegreek 6y agoExcept facebook's base is aging and many of the youth are not interested in jumping on the next facebook offering. They had to purchase instagram to get a younger audience but their insta story pivot was successful. Gotta be honest, the last thing tiktok needs is a bunch of 40+ yr olds opening up accounts and creating content, as they are much more inflammatory than the fun content creators filling up my For You Page on tiktok. Tiktok is still very different than most other social media because its not really about following people you know as discovering interesting content nooks thru the For Your Page.
- xnx 6y agoI share your enthusiasm for TikTok. It's the first social media app that felt like fun instead of an obligation. I have no doubt something will come along and ruin it (olds, monetization, acquisition). For now, it's really magical. It genuinely gives me hope for the next generation. They are impressively clever short-form story-tellers and continuously innovating techniques.
- gowld 6y agoIG and WhatsApp where "first movers" that FB acquired. (Also, none of these are "first movers". They are just variations on the same idea. Vine is ancient.)