{"id":152,"date":"2020-07-03T19:27:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T19:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessner.com\/?p=152"},"modified":"2020-07-03T19:27:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T19:27:58","slug":"facebook-is-shutting-down-pinterest-like-app-hobbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessner.com\/facebook-is-shutting-down-pinterest-like-app-hobbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook is shutting down Pinterest-Like App &#8216;Hobbi&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hobbi became available in the United States in February this year. The app has only managed to amass 7,000 downloads since then, according to the estimates from a research analysis firm Sensor Tower reported by TechCrunch.<\/p>\n<p>Users gave Hobbi fairly low ratings at launch, deriding it for being unoriginal and derivative, and it continued to\u00a0garner disapproval\u00a0due to requiring users&#8217; phone numbers. Now,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2020\/06\/30\/facebook-shuts-down-hobbi-its-experimental-app-for-documenting-personal-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TechCrunch<\/a>\u00a0reports Hobbi&#8217;s few users have received a push notification telling them the app will shut down on July 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #000000; font-family: 'Yahoo Sans Finance', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-reactid=\"23\"><strong>Pinterest Inc.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/20\/02\/15332688\/pinterest-tumbles-nearly-5-on-reports-of-facebook-releasing-rival-app?utm_campaign=partner_feed&amp;utm_source=yahooFinance&amp;utm_medium=partner_feed&amp;utm_content=site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">shares dropped<\/a>\u00a0at the time of the U.S. launch on speculations that the short-lived Facebook app will provide direct competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"24\">TechCrunch described Hobbi as a &#8220;fairly bare bones app,&#8221; saying it failed to do much beyond letting users document their own projects.<\/p>\n<p>On the one hand, it\u2019s somewhat surprising that Facebook\u2019s experimental development wing hasn\u2019t produced more success. In addition to its flagship program, the corporation dominates the social media industry with its\u00a0Instagram\u00a0and\u00a0WhatsApp\u00a0products.<\/p>\n<p>On the other, the contemporary mobile application marketplace is extraordinarily competitive. The Big Tech giant has taken\u00a0several significant reputational hits\u00a0in the last two years. As such, consumers could be wary of sharing more of their information with the company than they had been previously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hobbi became available in the United States in February this year. The app has only managed to amass 7,000 downloads since then, according to the estimates from a research analysis firm Sensor Tower reported by TechCrunch. 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