Why Facebook's Parse shutdown is good news (opens in new tab)

(venturebeat.com)

14 pointsryderj10y ago9 comments

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dreamdu5t10y ago· 3 in thread

Huh? Facebook is hardly the dominant messaging platform, and if they shut down parse why would that lend any credibility to their messaging app platform?

criley210y ago

You living under a rock?

Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp (a facebook company) and Instagram (a facebook company) make Facebook the dominant messaging platform with billion+ MAU.

Heck FB Messenger and WhatsApp are the #1 and #2 services and Facebook controls 3 of the top 6 by monthly actives...

dang10y ago

> You living under a rock?

Please don't be uncivil in Hacker News comments. This comment would be fine without that first sentence.

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jacalata10y ago

No, it makes Facebook the dominant messaging company. You can't call three completely unconnected apps a platform.

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smaili10y ago· 2 in thread

I'm having a hard time understanding where in this article it actually states why the shutdown is "good news". Rather, it seems to have focused more on why it happened and where Facebook is headed.

IMHO, whenever a service shuts down, no matter if it's helping a million users or just one, it's usually not good news for those using it. Google Reader being a great example of that.

jmsdnns10y ago

The author works for layer. They describe themselves as: "A complete toolkit, from UI to infrastructure, that quickly enables rich, engaging messaging experiences in every app." He might be slightly biased towards messaging.

mattiemass10y ago

Agreed.

I took it as good news more for the Facebook investor. The piece didn't convince me of that, but I think that's what it was going for.

captainill10y ago

-Apps, mega niches, are the future! (Yeap)

-Don't let any one app to be the sole place a user gets his content (I'm with you here as I didn't create Facebook)

-Parse is no more (I read that somewhere too)

-Now you can focus on leveraging an existing platform to bring engaging content to your users. (What if I want to service a mega niche that doesn't exist or generally wish to be foolish enough to believe I can compete with my idea? Wouldn't it be convenient to leverage a Backend as a service like parse? Shame they shutdown)

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8 comments · 3 top-level

dreamdu5t10y ago· 3 in thread

Huh? Facebook is hardly the dominant messaging platform, and if they shut down parse why would that lend any credibility to their messaging app platform?

criley210y ago

You living under a rock?

Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp (a facebook company) and Instagram (a facebook company) make Facebook the dominant messaging platform with billion+ MAU.

Heck FB Messenger and WhatsApp are the #1 and #2 services and Facebook controls 3 of the top 6 by monthly actives...

dang10y ago

> You living under a rock?

Please don't be uncivil in Hacker News comments. This comment would be fine without that first sentence.

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jacalata10y ago

No, it makes Facebook the dominant messaging company. You can't call three completely unconnected apps a platform.

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smaili10y ago· 2 in thread

I'm having a hard time understanding where in this article it actually states why the shutdown is "good news". Rather, it seems to have focused more on why it happened and where Facebook is headed.

IMHO, whenever a service shuts down, no matter if it's helping a million users or just one, it's usually not good news for those using it. Google Reader being a great example of that.

jmsdnns10y ago

mattiemass10y ago

Agreed.

I took it as good news more for the Facebook investor. The piece didn't convince me of that, but I think that's what it was going for.

captainill10y ago

-Apps, mega niches, are the future! (Yeap)

-Don't let any one app to be the sole place a user gets his content (I'm with you here as I didn't create Facebook)

-Parse is no more (I read that somewhere too)

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