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After Instagram Breakup, Twitter Adds Photo Editing and Filters

14 points by pizu 14y ago

avelis 14y ago
Nice use of AT&T Park as a product example. Not sure if that was the intention but if you have been to the park you know it.
zdgman 14y ago
Color me surprised that instagram gets to build a web property that is outside of the Facebook ecosystem. I didn't expect their mobile app to go anywhere but actually staffing to build their own web presence is a bit of a surprise. What does Facebook end up getting out of having instagram in it's own ecosystem?
- 31reasons 14y ago
  >What does Facebook end up getting out of having instagram in it's own ecosystem? A good sleep at night thinking it can pull the cord on instagram at any moment.
- jbigelow76 14y ago
  A highly integrated distribution platform for Facebook's (current/future) distributed ad network? (Facebook's Adsense)
JuDue 14y ago
I really hope Twitter can capture the popular appeal with this. Because at the moment, the person on the street only knows Facebook and Instagram as their social networking. Which isn't very social, when you think about it.
aviswanathan 14y ago
The thing that I think is lost here is the core of Instagram. Systrom has stated repeatedly that the filters aren't the secret sauce of Instagram. It's the speed of upload, distribution model (able to send to several networks simultaneously), and user interface. I don't think simply adding filters is going to do much for Twitter. Think Facebook Camera (which I believe has filters as well). When you say filtered pictures, no one thinks of Facebook Camera, even though it has filters built in. Not really sure what Twitter's trying to accomplish with this one.
- zmitri 14y ago
  Aviary's filters are actually quite bad (I've done a bunch of research on this because we open sourced a live filter camera picker for iOS) so I'm not sure what Twitter is trying to accomplish with this either. That being said, I think good filters are quite powerful. Instagram's filter offering is much better than most free filter apps. While not the secret sauce anymore, originally I do believe it was a huge part of it. If you look at Facebook Camera and compare the quality of the filters, maybe you'll see what I mean.
fumar 14y ago
In order to use the filters, one will have to use the Twitter app, and not 3rd party apps. I always found part of the incentive to use Instagram is the social network. I wonder if Twitter use will go up for some with the ability to alter the filters directly in the app. Regardless, this move is a defensive move that puts Twitter on par with the abilities of Instagram. It makes Twitter, not a leader, but a follower. Will Twitter take ideas from other social networks, when it feels threatened?

14 points by pizu 14y ago

Nice use of AT&T Park as a product example. Not sure if that was the intention but if you have been to the park you know it.

zdgman 14y ago

Color me surprised that instagram gets to build a web property that is outside of the Facebook ecosystem. I didn't expect their mobile app to go anywhere but actually staffing to build their own web presence is a bit of a surprise. What does Facebook end up getting out of having instagram in it's own ecosystem?

31reasons 14y ago
>What does Facebook end up getting out of having instagram in it's own ecosystem? A good sleep at night thinking it can pull the cord on instagram at any moment.
jbigelow76 14y ago
A highly integrated distribution platform for Facebook's (current/future) distributed ad network? (Facebook's Adsense)

JuDue 14y ago

I really hope Twitter can capture the popular appeal with this. Because at the moment, the person on the street only knows Facebook and Instagram as their social networking. Which isn't very social, when you think about it.

aviswanathan 14y ago

The thing that I think is lost here is the core of Instagram. Systrom has stated repeatedly that the filters aren't the secret sauce of Instagram. It's the speed of upload, distribution model (able to send to several networks simultaneously), and user interface. I don't think simply adding filters is going to do much for Twitter. Think Facebook Camera (which I believe has filters as well). When you say filtered pictures, no one thinks of Facebook Camera, even though it has filters built in. Not really sure what Twitter's trying to accomplish with this one.

zmitri 14y ago
Aviary's filters are actually quite bad (I've done a bunch of research on this because we open sourced a live filter camera picker for iOS) so I'm not sure what Twitter is trying to accomplish with this either. That being said, I think good filters are quite powerful. Instagram's filter offering is much better than most free filter apps. While not the secret sauce anymore, originally I do believe it was a huge part of it. If you look at Facebook Camera and compare the quality of the filters, maybe you'll see what I mean.

fumar 14y ago

In order to use the filters, one will have to use the Twitter app, and not 3rd party apps. I always found part of the incentive to use Instagram is the social network. I wonder if Twitter use will go up for some with the ability to alter the filters directly in the app. Regardless, this move is a defensive move that puts Twitter on par with the abilities of Instagram. It makes Twitter, not a leader, but a follower. Will Twitter take ideas from other social networks, when it feels threatened?