May 27, 2012, 7:21 AM — After paying $1 billiondollarsforInstagram about six weeks ago, Facebook recently launched its own Instagram clone, FacebookCamera, and like many people I wanted to check it out right away.
"Great, it'll be like Instagram, but only with photos from people I actually care about," I thought. Facebook is one of the most popular photo sharing sites on the Web. During the first three months of 2012, an average of 300 million images were uploaded to the social network every day. Facebook is all about photos. This was going to be great.
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So I grabbed Facebook Camera off the App Store, fired it up, and signed in. Then I saw a bunch of photos like this:
And this:
Basically, I saw the kinds of photos you always see on Facebook. And that's when it hit me: Facebook Camera sucks. But it's not the fault of Facebook or the app itself, it's because my Facebook friends generally share crappy photos. And I'll bet yours do too.
But that makes sense doesn't it? Facebook is all about sharing small moments of your life with friends you actually know. Because of that, Facebook photos tend to be snapshots in the truest sense of the word. They are souvenirs from that awesome night in a dimly lit pub that you want to share with the rest of your college buddies. Or your newborn baby's first time in a bathtub or the end celebration of a yearlong project. And let's not forget those friends who like to share funny posters featuring animals, Chuck Norris, or ridiculous quotes attributed to Justin Bieber.
