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If you read articles by early Instagram team members and users, I think you might be surprised at the overlap in audience and similarities in goals. “When Rich
by lloydde 8y ago
If you read articles by early Instagram team members and users, I think you might be surprised at the overlap in audience and similarities in goals.
“When Richardson joined Instagram in February 2012, at age 26, the former art history major was drawn to what was then a fast-growing indie platform for photographers, hipsters and artistic-types who wanted to share interesting or beautiful things they discovered about the world. At that time, Instagram was “a camera that looked out into the world," said one of the company’s first engineers, "versus a camera that was all about myself, my friends, who I’m with.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/technology/2018/11/14/quitting-instagram-shes-one-millions-disillusioned-with-social-media-she-also-helped-create-it/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/technology/2018/11/14...