top | item 39405632 (no title) ApolIllo | 2 years ago Damn. My family use Memojis heavily! discuss order hn newest amiantos|2 years ago Don't worry, most people on Hacker News have no real idea how normal everyday people use tech products. This person thinks Memojis are unused, but they just lack perspective. maximus-decimus|2 years ago > how normal everyday people use tech productsWhat do you mean? Obviously normies all browse the web in emacs and write their own plugins in elisp. cromka|2 years ago > This person thinks Memojis are unused, but they just lack perspective.Or maybe you lack perspective, because maybe some people use it in your circle, but otherwise it’s very unpopular?Observational fallacies work both ways. gffrd|2 years ago 100% of my social circle works outside tech, and nobody uses memojis load replies (1) starkparker|2 years ago The point is that Apple trades in part on being fashionable.Lots of people use Facebook but virtually nobody considers Facebook to be fashionable.Meta doesn't care if Facebook is fashionable, but the more Apple looks like Meta, the bigger the opening for being disrupted on that front gets. fnordpiglet|2 years ago They’re wildly popular with the kids in my orbit especially 6-12
amiantos|2 years ago Don't worry, most people on Hacker News have no real idea how normal everyday people use tech products. This person thinks Memojis are unused, but they just lack perspective. maximus-decimus|2 years ago > how normal everyday people use tech productsWhat do you mean? Obviously normies all browse the web in emacs and write their own plugins in elisp. cromka|2 years ago > This person thinks Memojis are unused, but they just lack perspective.Or maybe you lack perspective, because maybe some people use it in your circle, but otherwise it’s very unpopular?Observational fallacies work both ways. gffrd|2 years ago 100% of my social circle works outside tech, and nobody uses memojis load replies (1)
maximus-decimus|2 years ago > how normal everyday people use tech productsWhat do you mean? Obviously normies all browse the web in emacs and write their own plugins in elisp.
cromka|2 years ago > This person thinks Memojis are unused, but they just lack perspective.Or maybe you lack perspective, because maybe some people use it in your circle, but otherwise it’s very unpopular?Observational fallacies work both ways.
gffrd|2 years ago 100% of my social circle works outside tech, and nobody uses memojis load replies (1)
starkparker|2 years ago The point is that Apple trades in part on being fashionable.Lots of people use Facebook but virtually nobody considers Facebook to be fashionable.Meta doesn't care if Facebook is fashionable, but the more Apple looks like Meta, the bigger the opening for being disrupted on that front gets.
amiantos|2 years ago
maximus-decimus|2 years ago
What do you mean? Obviously normies all browse the web in emacs and write their own plugins in elisp.
cromka|2 years ago
Or maybe you lack perspective, because maybe some people use it in your circle, but otherwise it’s very unpopular?
Observational fallacies work both ways.
gffrd|2 years ago
starkparker|2 years ago
Lots of people use Facebook but virtually nobody considers Facebook to be fashionable.
Meta doesn't care if Facebook is fashionable, but the more Apple looks like Meta, the bigger the opening for being disrupted on that front gets.
fnordpiglet|2 years ago