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comment by _refugee_
_refugee_  ·  3835 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Facebook’s Slingshot Challenges Snapchat With ‘Reply To Unlock’

Seems dumb. Won't bother trying.

Why does it seem dumb... Why should I have to do something in order to see something my friends chose to send to me? It's like I have to pay them before I've received any service. It promotes creating content but it promotes creating stupid content - it sets a bar to entry that can be surpassed by doing almost nothing and so therefore if users choose to engage in this experience most will probably attempt to skate by with "almost nothing." It claims it promotes conversation but what about two non sequiturs promotes conversation?

Also the articles written like an ad.