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I find it completely hilarious that Marissa is not dogfooding. I know that someone else said this earlier in the thread, but why is this on Instagram and not fl

by gergles 14y ago

I find it completely hilarious that Marissa is not dogfooding. I know that someone else said this earlier in the thread, but why is this on Instagram and not flickr? Come on, at least use your own damn product. The correct answer to the objection of "but Instagram is better right now" is "I'm going to revitalize this product by using it for my own photos and commentary, even if it sucks right now." You don't want the CEO of a company giving mindshare to a competitor!

EthanEtienne 14y ago
Errr, dude, do you work for Microsoft? This is what got them into trouble in the first place, believing their own B.S. Sorry about the M$ slam, but damn, I keep hearing this over and over again, and it's so damn wrong (IMHO).
- EthanEtienne 14y ago
  OMG, sorry I have a hard time telling when people are being sarcastic, haha good one!!!!
whatusername 14y ago
The counter-example is Steve Jobs: http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2209 http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2209 (who used a Thinkpad for perhaps 12-18 months after returning to apple)
- fullmoon 14y ago
  Running NextStep
  - sprobertson 14y ago
    After which he promptly brought new life to the Powerbook series. So when will Flickr be releasing a working mobile app?
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- chris_wot 14y ago
  Well, makes sense given that at the time he thought nearly all the existing Apple products were shit.
joelrunyon 14y ago
I'm not sure how much competition they really are. Instagram is much more focused on sharing. Flickr is focused on storage. I'd argue a better competitor to flickr would be facebook's photo app.
- justincormack 14y ago
  No Flickr is a community too, not focussed on storage. Well it was back when we used it.
- Terretta 14y ago
  Comment to picture ratio in the active community (defined as those who add photos to groups) seems far higher on Flickr than Instagram.
kmfrk 14y ago
It's also better PR to use Instagram than Flickr.
nicholassmith 14y ago
I don't really see Flickr and Instagram as competitors, and saying that Marissa should be using Flickr with blinders on to the other services out there is counterintuitive. Different mindshares for the users, they missed the opportunity really.

by gergles 14y ago

EthanEtienne 14y ago

Errr, dude, do you work for Microsoft? This is what got them into trouble in the first place, believing their own B.S. Sorry about the M$ slam, but damn, I keep hearing this over and over again, and it's so damn wrong (IMHO).

EthanEtienne 14y ago
OMG, sorry I have a hard time telling when people are being sarcastic, haha good one!!!!

whatusername 14y ago

The counter-example is Steve Jobs: http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2209 http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2209 (who used a Thinkpad for perhaps 12-18 months after returning to apple)

fullmoon 14y ago
Running NextStep
- sprobertson 14y ago
  After which he promptly brought new life to the Powerbook series. So when will Flickr be releasing a working mobile app?
- deleted 14y ago
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chris_wot 14y ago
Well, makes sense given that at the time he thought nearly all the existing Apple products were shit.

joelrunyon 14y ago

I'm not sure how much competition they really are. Instagram is much more focused on sharing. Flickr is focused on storage. I'd argue a better competitor to flickr would be facebook's photo app.

justincormack 14y ago
No Flickr is a community too, not focussed on storage. Well it was back when we used it.
Terretta 14y ago
Comment to picture ratio in the active community (defined as those who add photos to groups) seems far higher on Flickr than Instagram.

kmfrk 14y ago

It's also better PR to use Instagram than Flickr.

nicholassmith 14y ago

I don't really see Flickr and Instagram as competitors, and saying that Marissa should be using Flickr with blinders on to the other services out there is counterintuitive. Different mindshares for the users, they missed the opportunity really.