How Instagram Hacked Early Growth

Posted by abreckle on Friday December 28, 2012 @08:55PM
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http://www.adambreckler.com/4-ways-instagram-hacked-early-growth

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Re:How Instagram Hacked Early Growth by temiri on Friday December 28, 2012 @09:55PM (#4980878)

Since when is being fast considered hacking growth? I think some of the "hacks" here are really just facets of a strong product and user experience.

Instagram's user experience is/was great--it lets people feel like they're doing something significant and artistic in only a few seconds. I think that's the most important aspect behind Instagram's growth.

Is a strong product a "hack?"

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Re:How Instagram Hacked Early Growth by mikegioia on Friday December 28, 2012 @10:08PM (#4980913)

This dogshit should never have been posted. 1, 2, and 4 are not hacks at all. 1 and 2 are simply copying twitter. And cross network posting???

Even 3 is arguable as it's just uploading the photo before capturing the meta. YouTube has been doing that since I can even remember.

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Re:How Instagram Hacked Early Growth by hayksaakian on Friday December 28, 2012 @10:04PM (#4980902)

This is really stretching the meaning of 'hack'

Since when is following good convention, and doing what you're supposed to do considered a hack?

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Re:How Instagram Hacked Early Growth by Centigonal on Friday December 28, 2012 @10:09PM (#4980919)

Don't dilute a potent term, please!

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Re:How Instagram Hacked Early Growth by programminggeek on Friday December 28, 2012 @10:37PM (#4981008)

Growth Hacking is apparently a secret word used to Hack Hacker News. Are there other secret words we have not yet discovered?

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