[cecilpl]

Every time Facebook is buying something I feel sad and imagine Facebook like the black plague that will swallow that normal organism.

[jcroll]

The owners of giphy don't feel the same pangs I'm sure

[M2Ys4U]

And if they do I'm sure they'll have enough cash to dry their eyes with

[timdiggerm]

I mean, it worked out great for the Instagram guys, right?

[annadane]

They will once they see what Facebook turns them into.

[ccktlmazeltov]

Why? They have a tendency to better products they acquire, look at whatsapp, instagram, oculus.

[raindropm]

True, but they are, well...Facebook. Their stigma is just too strong to be forget/forgive overnight.

[kgin]

It's not like back when Yahoo would buy and immediately kill everything it touched.

[jondubois]

It's a great match. They're both hype-mongering companies which add no value whatsoever to society.

[missedthecue]

FB has dramatically reduced ad spend waste. Not sure how anyone can call that valueless. Moreover, though you may be annoyed by your mother-in-law's minion memes, Facebook is a (free) vital communication tool for millions who are less privileged than you.

The facebook hate really just gets out of hand sometimes.

[kgin]

Am I out of touch? No, it's the 1.6B daily active users who are wrong.

[randomsearch]

Agreed. This isn’t a whatsapp or an instagram, let Facebook eat it who cares.

[eloc49]

This exactly. Kara Swisher's interview with Sarah Frier on how Instagram went really paints the picture. https://overcast.fm/+QLdurp-A8

[throwaway4715]

That interview was bad. They're trying to make you feel bad for the Instagram founders because they were too stupid to realize that after you _sell_ your company you don't own it anymore. Also, per that interview, Instagram only became sustainable under Facebook.

Hard to feel bad about it.