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Re:Snap’s Rise and Fall: How a Big, Splashy IPO Prompted the... by doublerebel on Saturday November 11, 2017 @01:46PM (#15677517)
Adding filters to a camera is a very different market compared to sustaining a social network on it. Look at Hipstamatic vs Instagram.

It's not just creating a feature, it's understanding why someone would want to use it. That's the difference between a product and a business.

Most of HN is too old and otherwise not the Snap demographic. How many of you actually use Snapchat with your friends and watch the videos with your headphones in? The experience is key -- the business facets being analyzed are a symptom of the experience.

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