When Zuckerberg Asserted Control, Instagram’s Founders Chafed
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Re: When Zuckerberg Asserted Control, Instagram’s Founders Chafed
#2Doesn't "Probably not, he said. At least, not as quickly." and "Perhaps. Eventually." mean essentially the same thing?
Re: When Zuckerberg Asserted Control, Instagram’s Founders Chafed
#3Zuckerberg: Take the money.
Acton: I'm not taking it.
Z: Just take it.
A: No!
Z: Look, I don't give a fuck, but the boys'll feel better.
A: Fuck their feelings!
Z: [Brian], we're a team.
A: A team? You guys are fucking insane. I'll go back to the Valley, I'll [create messaging apps]. It can't be like this.
Z: It is. I'm sorry, but it is. It's ugly, but it's necessary.
A: I became a [developer] to put away dealers and criminals, not to be one.
Z: You sound just like me. I know what you're going through and feeling. You're scared.
A: I'm not.
Z: Yes, you are. Everyone goes through that the first time. I did. The sooner you match what's in your head...with what's in the real world...the better you'll feel.
Z: In this business...you gotta have dirt on you to be trusted. When all this is behind you, a whole other world will open up for you.
Z: I walk a higher path, son.
Z: I have the keys to all the doors.
Re: When Zuckerberg Asserted Control, Instagram’s Founders Chafed
#4It's a lot easier to stand for your principles and say no to $850M if you already own billions...
Re: When Zuckerberg Asserted Control, Instagram’s Founders Chafed
#5Side note: For anyone interested, the third picture down[1] in the article is a fairly high resolution photo of a computer monitor where you can see Xcode and some very neat Objective-C code.
[1]: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/09/25/business/25INSTAG...
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#6Doesn't "Probably not, he said. At least, not as quickly." and "Perhaps. Eventually." mean essentially the same thing?
IMO its a different tone. The first says "no. well... maybe..." [I don't want to undercut the value of the property] whereas the other says "yes. well... maybe..." [I don't want to appear unappreciative of the resources of the company that owns mine].
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#7What do you really expect when you sell your company?
Re: When Zuckerberg Asserted Control, Instagram’s Founders Chafed
#8Side note: For anyone interested, the third picture down[1] in the article is a fairly high resolution photo of a computer monitor where you can see Xcode and some very neat Objective-C code. [1]: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/09/25/business/25INSTAG...
Heh. The "shouldShowAlertForRequest" function is checking if a userInfo.message key equaling "Not authorized to view user". I would have expected something a little less dependent on a string isEqual check against an English phrase.
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#9One thing omitted from the Instagram genesis story is that they effectively stole the Hipstamatic "filters" feature and added a basic timeline a la Twitter. Sharing to Twitter fueled their growth from that point. And the rest is history!
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#10It's a lot easier to stand for your principles and say no to $850M if you already own billions...
Indeed, how much of a moral stance is it when you only make it on the last billion?