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How Instagram Hacked Early Growth
- temiri 14y agoSince when is being fast considered hacking growth? I think some of the "hacks" here are really just facets of a strong product and user experience. Instagram's user experience is/was great--it lets people feel like they're doing something significant and artistic in only a few seconds. I think that's the most important aspect behind Instagram's growth. Is a strong product a "hack?"
- hayksaakian 14y agoThis is really stretching the meaning of 'hack' Since when is following good convention, and doing what you're supposed to do considered a hack?
- mikegioia 14y agoThis dogshit should never have been posted. 1, 2, and 4 are not hacks at all. 1 and 2 are simply copying twitter. And cross network posting??? Even 3 is arguable as it's just uploading the photo before capturing the meta. YouTube has been doing that since I can even remember.
- visualcsharp 14y agoCompletely agree. And how is making business decisions "hacking" again? We don't have enough jargon to contend with nowadays? ICWUDT. "'Hey, let's post a writeup about stuff Instagram did!' 'But why would people care? It's boring.' 'I know, maybe if we put HACKED in the title, more people would click!' 'Yeah!'"
- Centigonal 14y agoDon't dilute a potent term, please!
- programminggeek 14y agoGrowth Hacking is apparently a secret word used to Hack Hacker News. Are there other secret words we have not yet discovered?