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by fevangelou 2533 days ago
So, if you read between the lines, React was basically built for a better "Like" button according to Dan's blog post here: https://overreacted.io/the-elements-of-ui-engineering/

Hmm...

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React was written for Instagram. Nothing to do with Facebook's Like button.
That’s inaccurate. React originally was extracted from the Ads codebase. (Complex forms for creating ads.)

Instagram was the first time it was used to drive the whole page (rather than a small widget).