Meerkat built a new app under a pseudonym, and almost 1M people are using it

Re:Meerkat built a new app under a pseudonym, and almost 1M ... by cocktailpeanuts on Saturday October 01, 2016 @04:05PM (#12619655)

How is this technically different from TinyChat?

Is it the social graph? (Friends or friends of friends)

In that case, how does this have advantage over Facebook if Facebook ever decides to build one like this?

I hope they have some other advantage that can't be easily replicated.

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Re:Meerkat built a new app under a pseudonym, and almost 1M ... by lightedman on Saturday October 01, 2016 @07:20PM (#12620349)

"How is this technically different from TinyChat?"

TinyChat is Flash-based. Since this is meant for SmartPhones, no flash, I'd wager.

"I hope they have some other advantage that can't be easily replicated."

They don't. Everything this thing does, Camfrog pretty much did on desktop 15-ish years ago and several years back on mobile.

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Re:Meerkat built a new app under a pseudonym, and almost 1M ... by dannyr on Saturday October 01, 2016 @04:34PM (#12619759)

You know that Facebook tried to copy Snapchat right?

We all know how that turned out.

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Re:Meerkat built a new app under a pseudonym, and almost 1M ... by cocktailpeanuts on Saturday October 01, 2016 @05:14PM (#12619911)

Yeah I think they're doing a hell of a job with their Instagram stories. I've been observing how people are sharing less content on Snapchat stories nowadays

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Re:Meerkat built a new app under a pseudonym, and almost 1M ... by csolorio on Saturday October 01, 2016 @04:51PM (#12619828)

True, but it seems like their second attempt with Instagram stories is going well.

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