[schnevets]

I have similar memories from college. It's weird to think that API Craze was an apex for hacking culture, but things haven't felt as exciting since.

Or maybe I'm just reflecting on a younger period with nostalgia and have lost touch. Maybe those Instagram stickers and TikToks are equally as hackworthy as the things we spun up in the ol' days.

[arkh]

The experience of people getting their business fucked by platforms when they get traction mean that less people will try it again with those new ones.

[wolco]

They seem like our older geocities pages or myspace profiles or tublr blogs but used by more and offering less but expecting less effort to create.

[milquetoastaf]

I think a key difference is the Twitter API externalized things (people building on top, creating an ecosystem) whereas IG/TikTok stickers are inclusive and focused on people building within