I'm building the next Instagram

I think you would be making a mistake with no ads. You need to create revenue to store data on servers.

I also think if you can create more strict targeting you can get businesses to make a move and bring their followers with them by the masses with out a large marketing budget.

There are some YouTube elements that can be implemented. If you can make a cross between IG and YouTube you can increase user time = more ad time.

If you can add a feature for it to literally transfer every Instagram picture you’ve uploaded you’ll win over the market.

You need a shopping tab, algo tab, explore tab(could be combined with algo tab), and all natural timeline tab.

There is a healthy form of botting. The spamming that a lot of black haters do isn’t healthy. Follow unfollow can be somewhat healthy. But if you create an ad system that helps with people getting found easier with stricter targeting I think a lot of that will go away.

I also think you can create a business center with a free version, and a version with an Ai assistant for businesses that you can charge different rates based on following.

I think there are a lot of places we all agree Facebook is fucking up at. But I feel like a lot of businesses started and grew because of facebooks natural engagement. Now that the engagement got cut a lot of those businesses aren’t growing and don’t want to spend ads on Facebook. So they really shot themselves in the foot.



I’ve got a really long list of other ideas as well. The last year I’ve been writing down ideas that could help make a social media. I’ve been studying social media and the psychology over it the last 8 years. I really think if you can create a social media that is interest based but built with the small business and influencers in mind, you’ll win over the market.
 
Not a problem.



that would be a good idea if it was built. I'll post all the funny cat videos on here so they go viral

Funny cat videos response made me smirk, but slightly.

You seem to be very confident about your idea, I wish you the best of luck. I've no original suggestions but it would be great if your platform would provide us, people who love making money, a bit more freedom that Instagram nowadays does.
 
The most important question is:
Why people should stop using Instagram and start using your app? If you make Instagram clone it won't work - Instagram is already there. If you make something similar to Instagram - same thing. Only new ideas can conquer the market. I mean totally new ideas.
 
Imagine building a app that Will get spammed, hacker, with 11 botters users from each 10 users since the own admin staff is blackhat, where you dont need to worry about the sources because everyone is the owner of ALL accounts and in the end you are Just followingd the fake accounts of BHW users
That the social plataforms dont have anti fraud measures but only pro fraud measures since before It being releases we already had 1.000.000 accounts created with hot models and lphone giveaways

Than imagine you going to the support staff
Hey I am not enjoying my followback rates
And they say
Its because you didnt upgrade your tools, use this script here with the proper settings so you can reach optimized numbers.
A utopia of topia, a place you dont even need to create a account because It have a auto inbuilt creator and where you get banned for being a legit user
 
well, you already gain fake followers from us
just make it alive
 
Sick, can't wait to spam it.
I think you would be making a mistake with no ads. You need to create revenue to store data on servers.

I also think if you can create more strict targeting you can get businesses to make a move and bring their followers with them by the masses with out a large marketing budget.

There are some YouTube elements that can be implemented. If you can make a cross between IG and YouTube you can increase user time = more ad time.

If you can add a feature for it to literally transfer every Instagram picture you’ve uploaded you’ll win over the market.

You need a shopping tab, algo tab, explore tab(could be combined with algo tab), and all natural timeline tab.

There is a healthy form of botting. The spamming that a lot of black haters do isn’t healthy. Follow unfollow can be somewhat healthy. But if you create an ad system that helps with people getting found easier with stricter targeting I think a lot of that will go away.

I also think you can create a business center with a free version, and a version with an Ai assistant for businesses that you can charge different rates based on following.

I think there are a lot of places we all agree Facebook is fucking up at. But I feel like a lot of businesses started and grew because of facebooks natural engagement. Now that the engagement got cut a lot of those businesses aren’t growing and don’t want to spend ads on Facebook. So they really shot themselves in the foot.



I’ve got a really long list of other ideas as well. The last year I’ve been writing down ideas that could help make a social media. I’ve been studying social media and the psychology over it the last 8 years. I really think if you can create a social media that is interest based but built with the small business and influencers in mind, you’ll win over the market.


There will be ads for sure. It can still make billions in profit by giving people high organic reach.

What is an "algo" tab ?
 
The most important question is:
Why people should stop using Instagram and start using your app?

I learnt from watching Startup, it doesn't matter unless you're first. I hope he will learn the lesson in the long haul. ;p
 
Not gonna comment on how "realistic" I personally feel the OP's idea is, for various reasons. One of them being the fact that I've been proven wrong on these sorts of predictions a couple of times in the past. Also, I firmly believe that a tendency to "dream big" can be valuable on more than just one level. So, there's more to gain from attempting the (seemingly) "impossible", than just achieving your original goal. ;)

The most important question is:
Why people should stop using Instagram and start using your app? If you make Instagram clone it won't work - Instagram is already there. If you make something similar to Instagram - same thing. Only new ideas can conquer the market. I mean totally new ideas.

This, I would strongly disagree with. Anyone remember WebCrawler (1994), Lycos (1994), or AltaVista (1995)? Google wasn't the first kid on the block, you know, and neither were YouTube, Facebook, or most other social platforms established today. Believing that only "totally new ideas" can succeed against the competition is as dangerous as believing that creativity always trumps action. It doesn't. At least not most of the time.

Don't let confirmation bias fool you into focusing on those rare exceptions of the above rule. In the vast majority of cases, your TTA (time to action) will be a much more accurate pointer in predicting a person's, or company's success or failure than will be its "creativity". I'm pretty sure Mark Zuckerberg would agree. :anyway:

Equally, being "different enough" (in the "right" way) can be, and usually is the determining factor of an idea's success, as opposed to how "innovative" it is.
 
Ahh you had me at Facebook 6 years ago @webguy2000 ...the good ol days
Good luck with this project. If you create it, the first drink is on me
 
Hopefully you have a massive budget. Interested to see how this plays out keep us updated.
 
One question.

You have like 200.000$ In your pocket?
 
You'll need a bit more money than is displayed on your avatar :D
 
I hope you're platform will more popular than Instagram.

And you'll give access to all members here to do whatever they want to do. :)
 
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