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Re:Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels by whywhywhywhy on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @12:13PM (#24062435)
Spot on. I do get how Reels could eventually be rolled into replacing Discover or even the home feed but the IGTV thing is just bizarre. Yeah let's enter a mode where you start by consuming content 3 seconds long and then suddenly some of it is an hour and you have to hold your phone awkwardly not to touch the screen while you watch it.

Really feels like it belongs more in the feed part than the stories part but I guess no one would watch it then.

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Re:Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels by throwaway1777 on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @12:15PM (#24062470)
IGTV content does show up in the feed also, which kinda proves your point that no one would watch it there.
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Re:Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels by whywhywhywhy on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @04:13PM (#24065044)
I thought it did but you had to click to activate it.

Only watched one once and feel like that’s where I did.

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