Comments on: Why Facebook has won the mobile photo war

By: iTrend

iTrend — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:34:42 +0000

Most of the images I post on FB are throwaway pictures that I wouldn’t post anywhere else (e.g. on Flickr), that have no value beyond real-time.

So – no, I don’t think FB rules mobile photo sharing (and yeah, I do know they igest 500TB of new content each day).

Facebook is nothing more than a giant temp folder in that regard.

By: Tony Christian

Tony Christian — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:39:56 +0000

The government has not yet approved the merger. I am hoping the much tougher European Competition Commission looks into Facebook’s buyout of Instagram on anti-trust grounds. Facebook already is a monopoly, we all dont want to see that extended through a buyout. Facebook should have to compete with Instagram.

By: franca

franca — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:49:24 +0000

forbes just came out in favor of blocking the instagram
buyout…

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2012/06/05/why-the-ftc-should-block-facebooks-acquisition-of-instagram/?view=pc

By: Bill Richards

Bill Richards — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 05:13:46 +0000

The FTC/SEC should absolutely block Facebook from buying one of its strongest competitors — Instagram. Instagram is a photo based social network that now has 40,000,000 users. its one of the strongest competitors facebook has seen to date. Facebook has network effects. Without network effects Mark and Co. would have had strong competition a long time ago. Instagram is one of the few companies that found a hole in Facebook’s armour through its early jump on mobile platforms. It would be a shame to simply watch Facebook buy away the competition. Do the right thing FTC/SEC and block the buyout. Make Facebook compete.

By: jeffh3

jeffh3 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:26:53 +0000

Om, great piece as usual, but curious as to your thoughts on today’s WWDC photo stream announcement and to what extent Apple seems to be creating it’s own graph taken together with all of the other announcements today – card, maps, etc.

By: Dave Linabury

Dave Linabury — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:05:09 +0000

“They are the basic unit of digital emotion.” THAT is a brilliant observation, Om.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:42:03 +0000

Rich

I don’t think they believe they are superior. they just are the biggest and trying their best to make sure they don’t lose that position.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:39:54 +0000

Water. Would you like some.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:39:28 +0000

A billion reasons I guess :-)

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:39:02 +0000

Allen

I think Photos are the lure/hook. As long as they keep coming back to see the photos, Facebook has an opportunity to either show them ads or sell whatever else it is cooking up.