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> Facebook is just too big to fail when it comes to normal people and photos. Which is why they didn't have to worry about some silly mobile app with ridiculou
by jmduke 13y ago
> Facebook is just too big to fail when it comes to normal people and photos.
Which is why they didn't have to worry about some silly mobile app with ridiculous 'filters' that only teenagers use when they want to feel artsy.
- nopinsight 13y agoI believe Instagram's rapid growth was greatly helped by leveraging access to Facebook's social graph. By the time Facebook catched on and tried to limit access, Instagram was too big. Facebook likely won't make the same mistake of allowing something similar to happen again.
- neotek 13y agoI had much the same feeling about silly mobile apps with ridiculous filters prior to actually using Instagram, but the truth is that (when used appropriately) those filters do actually improve the aesthetic quality of phone photography. It's easy for some people to go overboard or act like they're a deeply intellectual thinker just because they've taken a brooding selfie in black and white, but misuse shouldn't be conflated with uselessness.