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1. Bonfire - HouseParty clone https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/3/18528317/facebook-bonfire-shutdown-group-video-chat-houseparty-clone 2. Poke - Snap clone http
by john_max_1 3y ago
1. Bonfire - HouseParty clone https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/3/18528317/facebook-bonfire-shutdown-group-video-chat-houseparty-clone
2. Poke - Snap clone https://www.vox.com/2018/2/17/17022586/facebook-snapchat-poke-clone-mark-zuckerberg-evan-spiegel-billy-gallagher
3. Slingshot - Snap clone https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/10/snapchat-clones-facebook-copies
Note: Can't seem to find the one for IRL
- pavlov 3y agoThing is, these were intentionally created as experiments with the expectation that they would be eventually shut down, with whatever learnings integrated into the mainline apps. Since about 2017-18 there has been a unit at Facebook called NPE, New Product Experimentation, tasked with producing these.
- john_max_1 3y agoYou mean Mark Zuckerberg added his voice to Poke knowing that the app wouldn't even exist in a few years? https://techcrunch.com/2012/12/21/mark-zuckerberg-voice-of-poke https://techcrunch.com/2012/12/21/mark-zuckerberg-voice-of-p...
- pavlov 3y agoThat's from 2012. NPE was created around 2017-18 (I don't remember exactly).
- john_max_1 3y agoNPE was created in 2017. Facebook had "Labs" in 2011-12. The same idea keeps showing up again and again every few years thanks to a hugely profitable ads business.