Land of the Giants

Why Instagram Broke Its Square

Jul 27, 2022

37:41

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Why Instagram Did Not Introduce a Re-Share Button

01:16

Creators adapting to changes on Instagram and TikTok

02:04

Snapchat - The Selfy Game Could Be Cut Throat

01:39

Instagram Stories

01:31

Introduction

2min

Instagram - The Story of How Facebook Takes Over Instigram

2min

Creating a New Social Network Working Ap

2min

Instegrim and Facebook Need to Scale Fast

2min

How Facebook Changed the Face of Instagram

2min

Porch's Instagram Story

2min

Instagram Influencers

2min

Facebook Ads for Instagram

2min

Instagram - The Square Is Our Calling Card

2min

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Instagram - The Next Big Thing?

2min

11.

Snapchat - The Selfy Game Could Be Cut Throat

2min

12.

Instagram Stories

2min

13.

Citizen Watches - A New Way to Connect With Customers

2min

14.

Clavia - The Next Big Thing in Email Marketing

2min

15.

Mark Zuckerberg's Instagram Story

2min

16.

Facebook's CEO Stepped Down, and It Was in the Right Orbit

2min

17.

Instagram in the Age of Meta

2min

18.

Reels Is Meta's Answer to Tick Talk

2min

19.

Reels Is an Attempt to Replicate the Playbook of Instigrim Creators

2min

20.

Keeping Up With the Algorithm on Instagram

2min

21.

Facebook and Instagram

2min

22.

Instagram

2min

23.

Land of the Giants, the Facebook Meta Disruption Podcast

3min

When Mark Zuckerberg bought Instagram in 2012, he promised he would be hands-off with the company’s curated aesthetic and simple features. But as Facebook scaled the startup into a social media juggernaut, tensions flared. Instagram’s founders would leave, and it’s now a very different app than when it first started. But are the changes setting the company up to compete in the future? Or is Instagram losing the magic that made it great in the first place?

Hosted by Shirin Ghaffary (@shiringhaffary) and Alex Heath (@alexeheath)
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Land of the Giants

Why Instagram Broke Its Square

Why Instagram Did Not Introduce a Re-Share Button

Creators adapting to changes on Instagram and TikTok

Snapchat - The Selfy Game Could Be Cut Throat

Instagram Stories

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