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Facebook buys Instagram – What you think

April 9, 2012 by Marin Perez - 3 Comments

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In a rather unexpected bit of news, Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion this morning and we asked you lovely readers what you thought of the deal. You’ll find the answers below thanks to Storify.

Instagram was about 551 days old at the time of the acquisition and it could be the first billion-dollar app purchase (not 100 percent sure on that one). What’s clear is that the mobile revolution is real and can be quite lucrative if you have the right pieces.

  1. The reactions ran the gamut, as some of you were very happy that the Instagram team will have more resources and some pledged to delete the app entirely. 
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    @IntoMobile its awesome

    Sige chingalameshakazulu36

    Mon, Apr 09 2012 13:42:23

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    @IntoMobile hope facebook doesn’t change instagram UI as regularly as it does with Facebook 🙂

    Ivan Milkovićmilkiv

    Mon, Apr 09 2012 13:48:31

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    @IntoMobile : Sad, that both Kodak (instamatic) and Polaroid (retro) are almost bankrupt while Instagram got paid $1 Billion !!

    fivebuckchuckfivebuckchuck

    Mon, Apr 09 2012 13:41:59

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    @IntoMobile it’s pointless shite, otherwise a fantastic idea and business move 🙂

    Stephen Quinstephenquin58

    Mon, Apr 09 2012 13:30:42

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    I’m done with instagram “@IntoMobile: Facebook buys Instagram for $1 billion ”

    A.R.TMistahTravis

    Mon, Apr 09 2012 13:37:04

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    RT @IntoMobile: What do you think of the Facebook, Instagram deal? << just as they screwed up ‘snaptu’, they’ll shit all over ,Instagram’

    Alexander Kinyanjuilexxkinyanjui

    Mon, Apr 09 2012 13:27:26

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  8. I think @asymco really hits on something here.
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    Angry Birds toys and soda, Instagram acquisition after 551 days, Draw Something draws 1mn users in 9 days. It all started with fart apps.

    Horace Dediuasymco

    Mon, Apr 09 2012 14:07:12

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