Apparently this app has been built in 12 days[1].
The last time Blake Ross cloned an app for Zuck was when Facebook Answers came out to compete with Quora. I guess Zuck feels like Snapchat is a threat? I wonder if he tried to buy them.
Blake Ross Clones usually scare people, but they never work out. I don't think Snapchat has much to fear.
Oh, so message expiry is the new hot trend? Quickly, pivot!
The level to which this is a clone of Snapchat is kind of astounding. Did FB ever try to buy them, or are they trying to destroy competition before they have to pay big bucks like they did for Instagram?
It's all business, so I suppose all's fair, but it hardly paints Facebook as a hub of innovation.
This post is relevant: http://dcurt.is/photos-for-communication
Is there any use-case besides sexting that necessitates:
1. Sending photos that automatically disappear in seconds; 2. Requires user input to view; 3. Prevent screenshots, strong efforts to prevent saving photos?
When is that site which is a collection of Poke mesaage screenshots going to show up? Can't be that long. I can also see this user reaction: "what! I thought there was no way to save a poke message. facebook you lied to me."
Typically these complaints wouldn't matter as much but because of the sensitive nature of communication this app is designed to facilitate, it could matter much more.
Is this different from FaceBook Messenger? Looks like some duplication of functionality. Are you going to pull Messenger from the market?
These are not real facebook pokes https://www.facebook.com/pokes they are phony.
Just take a picture of the screen with another camera. Nothing can stop this.
I wonder how Snapchat's founder reacted to this news..
Revolutionary.
"Each message expires after a specific time you've set, either 1, 3, 5 or 10 seconds. When time runs out, the message disappears from the app."
Sure it disappears from the app, but the message probably stays on Facebook's servers for the rest of your life. Then someday in the future Facebook will probably change their privacy settings suddenly (on purpose or accidentally) and all your messages will appear on your timeline for everyone to see.