smole

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   by smole 3y ago

   It’s likely that very few Reddit actually users want short form video. And that the acquisition was mostly for the user base which they then tried desperately to hold on to. So the obvious answer is to create a standalone service… which it
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   by smole 3y ago

   It’s how they’ve been taught to attract younger users. Cool new video app work to attract teens, we buy cool new video app. There’s a relationship between how social- or video-centric an app is and how well short form video fits into their
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   by smole 3y ago

   Worse than trying to replace it entirely is that you just end up with two implementations that need to be maintained.