How do you feel about facebook buying instagram?

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Today, I found out that Facebook had bought Instagram for about 100 billion dollars. I'm upset with this. I had planned to get a account with Instagram, but now I'm worried that the new management might only make it available to people with FB accounts. I feel like they will ruin a good thing. They bought them out to narrow down the competition, but do they know the product well enough not to screw things up?

What's your take on this?

I'm happy they bought it! 3
No, this can't be!!!! 17
What's Instagram? 21
I don't give a shit. 50
Other (please comment) 1
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  • NoraBaker
    12 years ago

    It was just 1 billion.

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    • Allistalla
      11 years ago

      I have no idea what this is ?

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      • Avant-Garde
        11 years ago

        The amount of money or Instagram?

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        • Allistalla
          11 years ago

          Instagram I only heard of facebook god near every other site but not istregram

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          • Avant-Garde
            11 years ago

            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram

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            • Allistalla
              11 years ago

              LOL , why does everything like that come from sanfrisico . That place has all the artsy things .

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  • jessicadavid
    12 years ago

    i knew about this news, but never heard of instagram before, only heard it on Myspace

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  • myownopinions
    12 years ago

    Options 3 and 4 combined...

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    • Avant-Garde
      12 years ago

      Then wiki it.

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      • myownopinions
        12 years ago

        Ohh... then option 4, I don't have an iPhone.

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  • NeuroNeptunian
    12 years ago

    I have a feeling that a bunch of young activists with more money and spare time than me think that I should care about this but I don't.
    I don't spend that much time on Facebook. I don't even know what an instagram is. I'm stuck in the stone age until I get a better paying job, I suppose.

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    • Avant-Garde
      12 years ago

      Instagram is a photo app that give you vintage filters for your photos. Instagram for now is free, but knowing Facebook they'll probably put a price on it >_<

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      • NeuroNeptunian
        12 years ago

        OH, is that the effect that a lot of girls use on facebook? Because I've been wondering what the fuck is up with their faces =/

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        • Avant-Garde
          12 years ago

          Are you talking about those girls with the duck lips?

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          • NeuroNeptunian
            12 years ago

            Yeah, they have funky effects on their pictures making them look like little shadow demons.

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            • Avant-Garde
              12 years ago

              It depends. Most people use photoshop to make effects. If they think it makes them look attractive, then what a shame.

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            • NeuroNeptunian
              12 years ago

              Oh, ok. You don't need photoshop for that? I wanted to try it but I have never been good with things like that.

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  • misca
    12 years ago

    100 billions? :D Missed the correct number by 99 billions.

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    • Avant-Garde
      12 years ago

      Sorry about that.

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      • misca
        12 years ago

        I didn't mean it like that. It was just a bit funny, but understandable mistake. :)

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  • Frosties
    12 years ago

    Heh, of course they're going to Facebook-ise it. They wouldn't buy it for no reason.

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    • Avant-Garde
      12 years ago

      They'll end up ruining it and putting countless restrictions on it. Of course, for now they say that the founders still have control, but Facebook will add their "Ideas" to it. I guess only time will tell if our predictions are true.

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      • Frosties
        12 years ago

        This isn't my analysis, by the way, but I got talking about it to someone at work. He thinks that Instagram was a potential Facebook killer, like Facebook itself killed MySpace. If MySpace had have spotted the danger soon enough and bought Facebook, Facebook probably wouldn't exist now.

        It sounds like this is what Facebook is doing. Taking control of Instagram so that it can never rival Facebook. My colleague's feeling is that nobody will have heard of Instagram in four years time.

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        • Avant-Garde
          12 years ago

          It's a shame. It shows insecurity in their product if they feel so threaten over something that's in a completely different field from them, that they end up buying it out. Next thing, they'll try to buy everything that starts to show more prominence than them and they'll end up ruining it. If your colleague is right, then Instagram would've become a project that had potential but failed miserably in the end.

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  • Who_Fan4Life
    12 years ago

    I do have a Facebook and I still don't know what Instagram is.

    Probably another venue for government officials to keep track of you.

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  • Ono
    12 years ago

    I think they stated pretty clearly that they won't be removing the ability to share it on other sites besides Facebook, they plan to keep it separate as it is at the moment.

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    • Avant-Garde
      12 years ago

      I hope it stays that way.

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  • Glass
    12 years ago

    Never cared about anything to do with facebook.

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  • NoraBaker
    12 years ago

    Grrrr! This made me mad! But I'll try and rewrite it.

    You should just get your Instagram account anyways. FB acquiring it is definitely a good thing since now its use will be open to everyone, not only us, Apple products owners. As much as I like to feel special, this is not one of the ways; I hate monopolies and elitisms and I think all things Internet should be free (or minimum cost) and open source; and, I might add, I believe "piracy should be legal", as in the (re)distribution of cultural products without intent of making profit.

    Besides Instagram you should try Pinterest if don't already have it. It's adorable! I love mine! :*

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    • Couman
      12 years ago

      But Facebook is the second biggest internet monopoly there is.

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      • NoraBaker
        12 years ago

        Well, I dislike it just as much. But that is not the matter here. Instagram was only available to iProduct users, and now it supposedly won't be. That in itself is a good thing, or am I wrong?

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  • trytoforgetthis
    12 years ago

    I always thought instagram was just an app....guess i was wrong. Seems like a good thing though, for facebook anyway. Everyone is just looking for a way to expand their business and stay on top, which facebook seems to be doing very well with.

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  • NoraBaker
    12 years ago

    I just edited this comment above with a very long post, but it wasn't saved. I hope you, OP, receive it in your email. Otherwise I'll write again later.

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    • Avant-Garde
      12 years ago

      Sorry, Nora. It didn't go through. My apologies for getting the amount wrong. I guess I read the news wrong.

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