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> Facebook’s acquisitions were ridiculed by most people at the time. by whom, exactly? FB acquired companies with massive userbases and networks. Instagram is

> Facebook’s acquisitions were ridiculed by most people at the time. by whom, exactly? FB acquired companies with massive userbases and networks. Instagram is social, WhatsApp is communication. in fact, most of these make sense to me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Facebook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitio... Oculus is a bit more questionable to me from an integration perspective.

flunhat 7y ago
By the members of this site, for example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3817850 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3817850 A choice quote from the top comment: "Seems like mostly a huge waste of cash."
- throwaway713 7y ago
  Comparing the comments then and now is hilarious. It’s amazing how quickly people forget things.