So Instagram was sold for $750m and not $1bn. Majority of $300m went to investors.
It's a great story to read (and maybe Ashton Kutcher can play Systrom as well, or at least Nicholas Hoult... Hunter Parish to play Krieger and it's time that Michael Cera debuts at Zuckerberg) but I can't help but think it would've been so much better for us, users, that Twitter bought them.
I see it as a perfect social network - Vine for video sharing, Instagram for photo sharing, Twitter as a connecting platform with numerous additions - Radio, ...
I just don't get Facebook anymore. Sure, a few years ago we were mad about it, spending days on it but I sense that hype is gone. Honestly I don't know why I'm still on it - stories from liked pages are the same as on my Twitter feed, I use Instagram to share my photos. Surely if you're serious about keeping in touch with people from the past, you already have their email or phone number.
It's a great story to read (and maybe Ashton Kutcher can play Systrom as well, or at least Nicholas Hoult... Hunter Parish to play Krieger and it's time that Michael Cera debuts at Zuckerberg) but I can't help but think it would've been so much better for us, users, that Twitter bought them.
I see it as a perfect social network - Vine for video sharing, Instagram for photo sharing, Twitter as a connecting platform with numerous additions - Radio, ...
I just don't get Facebook anymore. Sure, a few years ago we were mad about it, spending days on it but I sense that hype is gone. Honestly I don't know why I'm still on it - stories from liked pages are the same as on my Twitter feed, I use Instagram to share my photos. Surely if you're serious about keeping in touch with people from the past, you already have their email or phone number.