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Clever move. Next one is merging Facebook accounts and Instagram accounts; and then boom, they have a clean dataset ready to merge into Facebook. Instagram ca
by GuiA 14y ago
Clever move.
Next one is merging Facebook accounts and Instagram accounts; and then boom, they have a clean dataset ready to merge into Facebook.
Instagram can finally be a full part of Facebook, and the Instagram that we know (and, for some of us, love) will be finally completely gone.
- talhof8 14y agoAgree. Totally agree. I think a good move for Facebook would be to keep Instagram a stand-alone dataset and app.
- GuiA 14y agoWhy do you think it'd be a good move business-wise? I agree with you that product-wise, it'd arguably be the best thing for end users, but I don't think that's the perspective they choose to use on it.
- talhof8 14y agoThey have to make money somehow, but the end users are the most important. As long as they show respect to its users' privacy they deserve to make money. I'm sure they'll find more ways to combine brands and ads in the product. I just hope it'll be sufferable.
- hashmymustache 14y agoWhat would be the point of acquiring them then? I guess to own social networks like detergents - present an illusion of choice with separately branded products under the same parent company.
- talhof8 14y agoKeeping Facebook as dominent as possible on mobile. I guess...
- xpose2000 14y agoBecause instagram is growing insanely fast. faster than facebook did at the same age of the company. facebook could own both of the biggest social networks out there.
- OGC 14y ago> facebook could own the biggest social networks out there. ftfy. if they know what they are doing, they'll just merge the data into one network, and keep the user experience on the frontends the same.