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by jcroll 2225 days ago
The owners of giphy don't feel the same pangs I'm sure
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And if they do I'm sure they'll have enough cash to dry their eyes with
I'm pretty sure there is a woody harrelson gif for that
giphy has a .gif of that
I mean, it worked out great for the Instagram guys, right?
Not just for the personal finances of the Instagram founders and team. The Instagram acquisition has been, as far as I can tell, a huge success for Facebook.
Maybe..?

I can imagine an alternate 2020 where an independent Instagram is growing like a weed and the founders are much more wealthy.

Most people on this site couldn't imagine it back then:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3817850

Didn't work too well for the Whatsapp team ...
They will once they see what Facebook turns them into.
Immensely wealthy people? I'm sure those pangs are awful.