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Instagram hits 25 million users – you heard it here first
I am talking in terms of
my web diagram. I think
Pinterest has the potential to surpass
Twitter just like
Instagram has surpassed
FourSquare.
Pinterest feels mainstream like Twitter never did. Twitter has always felt a little nerdy. A very smart friend once asked me what the hashtag was. The idea of checking in can be a barrier. But sharing photos? Photos with twists and tinges? That old adge about a picture being worth a thousand words. And the whole thing about social.
Fred Wilson once derisively referred to
Facebook as "a photo sharing network." Another way to look at it is that was a compliment.
At universal gigabit speeds there might be video versions of Pinterest and Instagram. But something tells me photo has staying power. A photo can be consumed in a split second. But short videos can play. And there are so many details to a video. There is room. There will be room.
Robert Scoble on the red couch (Photo credit: niallkennedy)
