Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

Re:Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels by daenz on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @02:07PM (#24063714)

People seem to underestimate how important a name can be. "Instagram Reels", "Reels", "IG Reels"... they have no buzz, they're clunky to say, and like you said, it already implies ancient uncool tech. The marketing people must have been phoning it in when they named this.

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Re:Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels by ttamslam on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @02:35PM (#24064032)

I obviously don't speak a generation but I'm in the target demo and I like the name. "Did you see X's reel the other day?" to me feels better than "Did you see X's tiktok the other day?"

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Re:Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels by fr2null on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @05:49PM (#24066021)

I am also in the target demo, do not like the product, but the name sounds pretty good. Like "Have you seen her story?" "Did you see her last reel?" just sounds nice.

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Re:Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels by kyawzazaw on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @04:18PM (#24065089)

reel sounds like a word that has another meaning. tiktok doesn't. i feel better saying tiktok

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Re:Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels by Izkata on Thursday August 06, 2020 @12:21AM (#24068101)

Such as, fishing reel.

I'd actually forgotten it was the word for the thing film went on.

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