Re:Snapchat raised $1.8B in a Series F round
by fossuser on Thursday May 26, 2016 @03:45PM
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It was called FB Poke and was built in 12 days after Zuckerberg flew out to talk to Evan and Evan turned his offer down. When it launched it was basically better than snapchat in every category, but people didn't switch to it.
Then Evan responded by copying Apple and saying 'Welcome Facebook, Seriously'. On an unrelated meta note I found this annoying because it originally came from people building personal computers and not dumb ephemeral messaging apps.
Maybe Snapchat can do what Facebook and Google have done and become a real technology company, but so far feels more like twitter (lots of users, but unclear vision).
Then Evan responded by copying Apple and saying 'Welcome Facebook, Seriously'. On an unrelated meta note I found this annoying because it originally came from people building personal computers and not dumb ephemeral messaging apps.
Maybe Snapchat can do what Facebook and Google have done and become a real technology company, but so far feels more like twitter (lots of users, but unclear vision).
Its launch: http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/21/facebook-poke-app/
A comparison with snapchat: http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/21/facebook-poke-vs-snapchat-w...
Its death: http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/9/5700732/facebook-poke-is-de...