[at-fates-hands]

>>> But it’s rich, so it can buy cool. Facebook’s $1 billion acquisition of Instagram was their first big move to strengthen their position with the youth of this country.

But with young people, if Facebook is uncool, then by proxy Instagram is uncool as well. This is how teenagers think these days. They can sink as much money into other social platforms, but you won't ever get rid of the Facebook stigma.

[elwell]

I think you're overestimating how many teens know that Facebook owns Instagram.

[cdcarter]

No, I bet quite a lot of teens are at least aware the sale happened. But they don't think about it every day. They don't care. Because Instagram is cool. In spite of facebook.