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Fb shuts down Hobbi, its experimental app for documenting private initiatives

Fb’s just lately launched app, Hobbi, an experiment in short-form content material creation round private initiatives, hobbies, and different Pinterest-y content material, is already shutting down. The app first arrived on iOS in February as one among now a number of launches from Fb’s inner R&D grou…
Facebook’s recently launched app, Hobbi, an experiment in short-form content creation around personal projects, hobbies, and other Pinterest-y content, is already shutting down. The app first arrived on iOS in February as one of now several launches from Facebook’s internal R&D grou…

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