Exactly my thoughts.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
iphone camera (at least anything before the 4S) kinda sucks
― J0rdan S., Monday, 9 April 2012 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
I don't want to yell 'internet bubble' cause clearly fb and twitter and some things have a value that couldn't really have existed 10 years ago but this is just...a camera filter
― iatee, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
wasn't there another identical thing called hipstamatic?
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Monday, 9 April 2012 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
fb and google do this kinda thing all the time tho? buying up technology to integrate it into their own platforms... not that i'm saying instagram is worth ONE BILLION DOLLARS *dr evil pinky* but it's kinda their m.o.
― J0rdan S., Monday, 9 April 2012 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
yeah but why do you even need to 'buy up that technology', do they really have a patent on hipster-camera-filters? as hurting said they're not even the first to do this
― iatee, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
my guess would be that instagram was working on some kind of expansion and fb caught wind of it and just decided to snatch whatever up whatever it was
― J0rdan S., Monday, 9 April 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
instagram's "value" such as it is is in the social network aspect, not the filter aspect
― max, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
this is just...a camera filter
― iatee, Monday, April 9, 2012 2:27 PM (40 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
naw its a rapidly growing social network w/50m users whos main utility photo sharing is also facebooks main utility - idk abt the price but its obvs why facebook felt they needed to eat them
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I guess it makes more sense in that context
― iatee, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
I have never used it so I just see the pics *on* fb
ha guessing you all are not instagram users lol xp
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
really its "buying" 30 million users + ownership of the most popular photo-sharing social network. facebook loves photos b/c theyre significantly more interesting than links or status updates, as measured by the # of ppl who click on them and the amount of time they spned
― max, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
xp joe otm
i mean that being said 1 billion dollars is hilarious
i want a billion dollars
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
have you considered making an 'app'
― iatee, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
brb making an app
hipstamatic started out as just a camera filter app. they added on social stuff later after instagram took off.
or what max and joe said.
― dmr, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
if i had one the mega millions i would've bought scoopsnoodle for $1 million
― J0rdan S., Monday, 9 April 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
won*
so they paid like 35 bucks per user
still smh
― the late great, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
no wonder my kids don't want to study math, obviously careers are for fools, i should be sitting around brainstorming the next killer social media platform
― the late great, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
number of instagram users should be getting a big bump up now that they have it for android too, the fact that they have as many users as they do and it was iphone only until last week is kinda crazy
― dmr, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
they paid $1 per photograph too
― max, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
its hilarious b/c its so overvalued, but also because like "one billion" is such a funny number
~1million new instagram users is the first 24 hours of andriod
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
and only $55 million per filter
― J0rdan S., Monday, 9 April 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
so really this is just fb being really, really, really risk averse w/r/t competition
― iatee, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
hipstamatic could integrate a lot of products (books, prints, postcards) relatively easily. God knows if they'd actually make any money off of them, though.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 9 April 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
I've met so many people in the past couple years who just want collab on apps
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 9 April 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
er, Instagram not hipstamatic. (but them too)
collapps
― J0rdan S., Monday, 9 April 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
a billion chinese, mark
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Monday, 9 April 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
hipstamatic's problem is that it's called hipstamatic
I dunno, everything has a stupid name these days
― iatee, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
did I post about how I met one dude who wanted to create some kind of app where you could trade stocks within some graphic framework that had lasers and explosions, like you are in some sort of virtual high octane vid game action movie etrade world or something
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 9 April 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
he was 100% serious too
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 9 April 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
― the late great, Monday, April 9, 2012 2:37 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i wonder if part of facebooks thinking is theyre abt to go public and theyll be getting more than $35 per user so they could actually make money off the deal as soon as they ipo
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
that sounds kinda fun xp
― iatee, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
I've not read anything about this being Internet Bubble 2.0 only for billions more - am I just not seeing it, or is everyone just kinda looking the other way?
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 9 April 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
challaps
― flopson, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
How about an app where you can share your challops with your friends? Call it 'challapp'.
― they do do doo doo sandwiches (snoball), Monday, 9 April 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
instagram is also a big image service for twitter users so its a way for facebook to get some inroads to twitter
― max, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
xp oh balls flopson got there first plz don't sue me
― they do do doo doo sandwiches (snoball), Monday, 9 April 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
well everyone pretty clearly looked the wrong way on groupon
― iatee, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
sorry already sued you plz pay 1 billion dollars
― flopson, Monday, 9 April 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, April 9, 2012 2:43 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
no this is definitely talked about in the financial press, with the same kind of hedgy language that you probably see before any bubble burts, although tbf this actually isn't really as big a bubble in terms of sheer numbers of ridiculously valued companies.
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Monday, 9 April 2012 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
the other guy who was trying to get me to collapps was using the "fart app" from a while ago (that got bought for like a milli) as his example over and over of what is possible, like it was the pinnacle of apps, or for some reason it was the perfect app to explain every part of his ideas w/
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 9 April 2012 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
xxp Fortunately I foresaw this and invented a currency called 'snoball dollars' - current exchange rate is about a trillion snoball dollars to the US$.
― they do do doo doo sandwiches (snoball), Monday, 9 April 2012 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
It's not new, but yes. Hit the logo in the top left and choose 'following' to get rid of all (or most) of the rubbish. You have to do this every time you open the app.
― ledge, Monday, 31 October 2022 11:51 (one year ago) link
Thanks!
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 31 October 2022 13:28 (one year ago) link
Facebook being nothing but scammy ads and suggested posts makes sense because everyone I actually know has stopped posting there (I have to keep it for work) but Meta fucking up Instagram in the same way has been impressive.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 31 October 2022 20:55 (one year ago) link
The instagram image editor seems to have gone to shit - if I'm posting multiple images (as I usually do) then if I move one image in the viewport so it's centred where I want it to be, when I go to the next image the first one just resets itself. The last one edited works - so posting single images is fine.
― ledge, Friday, 27 January 2023 13:49 (one year ago) link
I tend not to post multiple images, partly because they have to follow the same aspect ratio (and I think I've had this issue you're reporting), and also because there's a loss of quality (or used to be).This probably makes my feed extra tedious, as I just post 5-6 images from the same place all the time.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 27 January 2023 13:53 (one year ago) link
I like DIY and "slow fashion" trends but let's just say that "cottage core" is not something I want to see...
As bad as coastal mom.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRsrsShs/
― Picture of Chairman Mao (I M Losted), Friday, 27 January 2023 23:22 (one year ago) link
Why is this house "cottage core" where I live it's just "urbex" (also run its course on Instagram)?
― Picture of Chairman Mao (I M Losted), Friday, 27 January 2023 23:24 (one year ago) link
I use mine for microblogging and from random comments I get, this seems discouraged.
Unfair, what gets favored is the whole "influencer" culture where people make daily posts with a consistent theme - fashion, design, etc.
― Picture of Chairman Mao (I M Losted), Saturday, 28 January 2023 08:10 (one year ago) link
Instagram has started to suggest MAGA/Covid conspiracy stuff way too regularly - and Paramore stan accounts. I don't follow anything political on IG and I'm not sure I've ever actually heard a Paramore song.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 9 March 2023 19:10 (one year ago) link
I primarily look at instagram on my laptop, not on my phone.. and for the longest time I saw no ads at all, and nobody I didn't know or agree to to follow
Now it's probably 25% ads and 30% people I've never heard of
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 9 March 2023 19:14 (one year ago) link
this is why i don't leave the house
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 9 March 2023 19:43 (one year ago) link
I don't look at it much, and I'm glad my feed is appropriately limited to people playing drums or synths/DJing, but it's still feels like 50% people I don't follow (including a few popular ones that get served over and over again) and I generally hate the whole vibe.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 9 March 2023 20:44 (one year ago) link
so nice that there's an app solely dedicated to showing you videos of "comic" dialogues where one person plays all the parts
― got it in the blood, the kid's a pelican (Doctor Casino), Monday, 20 March 2023 12:41 (one year ago) link
Oh, there's more than just one app for that.
― pplains, Monday, 20 March 2023 13:24 (one year ago) link
Also know why insta doesn't have the same vibe as tiktok? The way insta makes the screen go up and down after a video finishes to prompt you to swipe.
Like, dammit, I was going to re-watch this wacky weatherman clip again, but now you're just making me seasick.
"Helpfulness" aside, it's wild that insta wouldn't consider viewers watching the same video multiple times.
― pplains, Monday, 20 March 2023 13:27 (one year ago) link
my favourite feature is when you want to watch some (dreadful pointless comedy meme) clip but you get interrupted and close the app. when you reopen you see the clip for a tantalising fraction of a second before you get scrolled to the top of your timeline, with no way of finding the clip ever again because it was from an account you don't follow.
― ledge, Monday, 20 March 2023 15:06 (one year ago) link
i just got a popup notification in an instagram group chat about an opportunity for me to start selling products. it let me know i can "share a product in the chat to start collecting orders for it."
just sharing this here as an invitation to join my new group chat on instagram, one of the fastest growing chats, and i need to tell you about some recent products that have changed my life
― z_tbd, Thursday, 27 April 2023 18:22 (one year ago) link
I love how every time I post something creative, I get lots of messages from all these bots about how I should use their service to get my stuff promoted
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 27 April 2023 21:27 (one year ago) link
I have no intent, nor interest, in joining Threads, but even less motivated to do so since the launch seems to have broken Instagram in the process. Within hours of the launch, 80% of the posts on my feed show up as blank grey squares, 10% show up as very blurry, the rest (sponsored ads, natch) appear just fine. Stories load about 20% of the time and almost every avatar is a blank grey circle. Good job Zuck!
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 7 July 2023 16:36 (nine months ago) link
So my feed still doesn't load and now Stories never load. Video posts load about 80% of the time, but photo posts are still a grey box. Apparently not a widespread enough issue for Meta to actually fix it, but according to Reddit and Twitter there are quite a few people dealing with the same thing. At least Twitter is still functional as it circles the drain, but I've never seen an app just completely stop doing the main thing it's intended to do (i.e. show photos) for this long before.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 14:52 (nine months ago) link
What the heck is happening with Instagram?
I’m someone who uses the platform through a browser app on my smartphone, not through the Insta app.
And for the last couple days I just can’t find any way to post things. It’s as though that has simply been taken away for absolutely no reason.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 16 July 2023 15:13 (nine months ago) link
Maybe make sure your software isn’t in need of an update? Usually something like that is the cause.
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Sunday, 16 July 2023 15:44 (nine months ago) link
Evan, thanks! I’ll give that a shot.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 16 July 2023 15:54 (nine months ago) link
when did they change the views when you click on a hashtag from 'top posts / recent posts' to 'top posts / filter' and if you click on filter it brings up a menu with 'top posts / top recent posts' options? absolute dogshit ui design. i want recent posts not top recent posts, and two buttons where one performs an action and the other one brings up a menu which only contains two options one of which is the same as the first button has real 'ui design is my passion' energy.
― a holistic digital egosystem (ledge), Thursday, 20 July 2023 07:25 (nine months ago) link
I am getting ads for *ticketed* listening parties at music venues for albums like AFX SAW2 or MBV-MBV ...
I had no idea this was a thing and it makes me really grateful that I was around to see these artists live in person for less $ than these listening parties cost.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 19 April 2024 05:15 (two weeks ago) link