Comments on: UPDATED: Why Did Facebook Buy Instagram? Introducing Facebook Camera

By: RUSS

RUSS — Fri, 25 May 2012 01:18:00 +0000

As for instagram, i wasn’t a fan. An app that adds things that degrade a photograph isn’t something i would want.
I’m on facebook, but am not a huge fan. Thankfully i do not have “THE ADDICTION” some folks have for facebook.
Anyone ever think, whatcha gonna do if ya lose electricity for a few years? My god, we might have to use paper , writing utensils, and envelopes to send messages…

By: Anthony N.

Anthony N. — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:41:00 +0000

Good point. I was staring at my iphone when I made that statement.

By: James Robertson

James Robertson — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:30:00 +0000

Since when? iMac, Macbook Pro, iPod, iPad, Garage Band, Quicktime, etc etc…those names, though short and simple, are not exactly “naming things what they are” otherwise it would be “Apple Mp3 player” “Apple Tablet Computer” “Apple Computer” etc. This is more of the No Name brand naming platform.

By: Jaron Schneider

Jaron Schneider — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:18:00 +0000

HuffPost posted this originally, which we cite above. However, they edited their article, which we also cite above.

By: RHM Images

RHM Images — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:09:00 +0000

Reading that again, I think it should have been written “They also announced that it expects the Instagram ACQUISITION to close sometime this year.”

By: RHM Images

RHM Images — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:05:00 +0000

“They also announced that it expects the Instagram app to close sometime this year.” What is your source on this? I have not heard this from anyplace. Why buy something to turn away 10′s of millions of users. Morphing Instagram into something new…maybe but I highly doubt they would kill the servers and shutdown the app.

By: Jaron Schneider

Jaron Schneider — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000

The original story link is there. We just didn’t want to continue to spread a story that was updating and had some bad facts. Blame HuffPost!

By: Craig Crew

Craig Crew — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:58:00 +0000

Link is now blocked from Facebook itself. I was sharing your post and its just dissappeared!

By: Daniel Mora

Daniel Mora — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:48:00 +0000

I love how facebook keeps trying to add features, and doesnt bother at all to fix the flippin basic facebook app. its the slowest, most bogged down app i use. Even when connected to my super fast wifi, data will REFUSE to load on the FB app.

By: Joe Ketterling

Joe Ketterling — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:30:00 +0000

Yikes. $1 billion to take out a competitor is pretty impressive. I still don’t buy the sole reason to buy instagram was to take them out.