Instagram Reels
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2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 18, 2022 by Chris Hutchins · said 10 times in 7 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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Dec 18, 2022 neutral
Hutchins: Podcasting lacks algorithmic distribution, making growth inherently slow
“There's no built-in distribution engine in podcasting. TikTok, you make a TikTok video, TikTok sends it to, like, a hundred people, and if no one likes it does, but if, like, a few people like it, they send it to more people, and more people, and YouTube does …”
Aug 16, 2026 positive
Silber: IGTV flopped due to flawed assumptions, leading directly to Reels
“I worked on IGTV, which was, like, a huge flop, and then we shipped Reels and Reels was, like, we, and look, I mean, that's a good example, because, like, we had, we just, like, kind of baked in some wrong assumptions, and we held on to a few constraints, But …”