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Re:Instagram Is Estimated to Be Worth More Than $100B by vthallam on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @11:18AM (#17401220)
No wonder. Anecdotal of course, but I see my friends spending more time on instagram and people on the train or bus browsing instagram. I don't remember seeing FB on someone's mobile in the last 6 months.

It will only grow bigger and at some point when it becomes too big, you see less friends posts and more advts and people move on to something else. But for next 2 years, Instagram's going to be Yuuuge.(Huge)

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Re:Instagram Is Estimated to Be Worth More Than $100B by dtft on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @11:46AM (#17401519)
If you travel to other countries (for me, Thailand most recently) you'll see almost everyone on Facebook. Most small companies over there don't even have a website, just a FB page.
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Re:Instagram Is Estimated to Be Worth More Than $100B by pier25 on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @12:32PM (#17402001)
Yes, same thing in Mexico. Many companies only have a FB page.
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Re:Instagram Is Estimated to Be Worth More Than $100B by zzzcpan on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @11:30AM (#17401357)
They are at that too big stage already. Even started abusing network effect monopoly and breaking UX to direct more attention towards ads.
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Re:Instagram Is Estimated to Be Worth More Than $100B by mayankkaizen on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @12:57PM (#17402226)
At least in India and for me, it is exactly opposite. I never saw Instagram open on anybody's mobile. It is always facebook and whatsapp. Sometimes Twitter but never Instagram.
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Re:Instagram Is Estimated to Be Worth More Than $100B by mliker on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @11:32AM (#17401377)
I constantly see people at airports on FB
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Re:Instagram Is Estimated to Be Worth More Than $100B by antpls on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @03:50AM (#17406464)
The amount of advertisement is already big. Constant interruption with sponsored stories, sponsored pictures, even "influencer" or anyone else who has more than 100k followers start using their images to advertise a product or a place.
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