Instagram Launches TikTok Competitor 'Reels'

[PSeg90]

Glad to see that this is actually inside of Instagram Stories and not in a standalone app.

 

[nburwell]

Considering I have zero interest in Tik Tok, the same probably goes for this app.

 

[Mosey Potter]

i will only use this service if facebook promises to steal all of my data. yeah i know you guys will say they do that anyways but i want hard proof that they are going to entertain me while stealing every byte of data so that they can have more money.

 

[hot-gril]

"Competitor" is one way to put it. Like how they "competed" with Snapchat.
At the end of the day, it's just social media, so oh well.

 

[trichardlin]

Can someone just please take Facebook to court already and stop this copy cat bull!! Can’t wait for that cancerous company to die.

Yeah, it used to be the Chinese copying from American companies, now American companies are copying the Chinese. Sad!

 

[keifer.street]

Why not just build it into Stories? Another app? Stupid

It’s not another app, it’s just a new tab within the existing Instagram app. Maybe you should actually try it before adding your hot take on the internet.

 

[itsmilo]

It’s not another app, it’s just a new tab within the existing Instagram app. Maybe you should actually try it before adding your hot take on the internet.

busted. I am a headline reader ^^ just saw it mentioned in the 3rd sentence 🙊

 

[wakeupworld]

Can someone just please take Facebook to court already and stop this copy cat bull!! Can’t wait for that cancerous company to die.

I cant wait until they all fall to the hip side!!!

 

[MacBH928]

Yes finally! Facebook saves us from the spying Chinese!! /s

TikTok and Reels confirm to me that Vine was:

A) Ahead of its time
B) Too restrictive to creating engaging content
C) Grossly mismanaged by Twitter
D) All of the above

TBH, it was a different time. People weren't so involved with online video and sharing. Throughout history a lot of products failed because they were ahead of their time.

 

[fredrik9]

How lucky for Facebook that the White House attacks their only true competitor just as they launch a copycat product.

Yeah. They probably waited for this moment since TikTok has been eyed as an espionage tool for a few years now.