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Legend2440today at 12:10 AM1 replyview on HN

This is why you never pay $1.8 billion for a social media company.

It never ends well for the new owner. Not just Stack Overflow but also Tumblr, Vine, MySpace, Twitter, and more. Instagram might be the only exception.

Good job on the founders for selling at the peak though.


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slashdevtoday at 12:14 AM

Instagram, YouTube, WhatsApp seemed to work out well.

It’s always more complex than you think

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