Facebook Buys Instagram

Instagram and Twitter are raving with task since the information came out that Facebook had actually made the acquisition of Instagram for a billion bucks - Facebook Buys Instagram.

Today all important media and also blog sites are reflecting and publishing pages and pages concerning the offer, whether it is economic aspects, marketing techniques for both business as well as the possible following developments in Palo Alto's mobile as well as social media market ...

If I was a Hollywood movie manufacturer, I would certainly have called the flick a Billion Buck Baby ...


Facebook Buys Instagram


But just what does it actually mean for customers as well as Instagramers like us?

After Mark Zuckerberg's official news last evening on his Facebook account, hundreds of comments showed up. Not just in Twitter yet In Instagram also. For daily Instagramers like us, the Instagram App has actually efficiently become our main interaction device. A location where we can share greater than simply pictures, however our feelings, ideology and also our point of views as well.

Yesterday, our @Igers pic stating the "Facebook offer" made it to the Popular Web page, not a surprises there ...

As creator of Instagramers, the primary follower network of the Instagram App around the world, obviously that my phone was hot with task last night. Mentions, questions, doubts ... I am most likely among the first Iger getting grievances each and every single day, as it should be!

Lots of people are asking me today what will certainly happen next so I made a decision to write this message.

The curious feature of this whole story and also our Instagram individuals experience is that we appear to behave in a different way relying on the social media networks we make use of.

-- The majority of us are deeply included with the Instagram App itself or even state to be addicted. There is a strong sensation of stickyness with Instagram's expanding neighborhood. A genuine feeling of being part of it with the area. That's why we additionally got exactly what totals up to a special worry of Android' s attack into the Instagram globe, we are afraid that it could ruin our best little globe

-- The majority of us have truly no concept of who owns our photos legal rights as well as which third party can utilize it (like in Facebook )

-- Everybody have Facebook account.

-- A significant part of our Instagram Pics are everyday and normally shared to our own Facebook wall surfaces and accounts.

-- Inning accordance with a current research, up to 12.5% of the images published to Twitter could be from Instagram.

-- Our own Instagramers Network of more than 270 local groups globally is arranged around Facebook Profiles and also we have a private group of over 200 "ManIgers" arranging occasions, instawalks, exhibits, sharing suggestions, offering suggestions ...

So why are we so frightened of Facebook?

As Net individuals we won our self-reliance as well as autonomy in our options. We do not intend to depend on institutions or companies anymore. Instagram up until today resembled a tiny "household" made up by a couple of young individuals who created a fantastic application and changed our lives ... They used to answer directly with the helpdesk center, @Josh developed on Sunday to publish "The week on Instagram" on their blog and there was a genuine synergy in between users and also proprietors of the app therefore normally, we are left wondering exactly what will certainly happen now.

In a photo I posted yesterday in @Igers Profile on Instagram (see right here in the right side) I obtained greater than 220 unfavorable remarks concerning the acquisition. There is no question that some individuals are really upset may assume their rights will certainly not be valued and that it will possibly smell business and advertising all over.

But we need to be aware that our preferred app can just survive if there is a practical organisation model behind.

I would conclude that Facebook currently has a billion individuals and that they are absolutely not seeking for 30 million Instagram users to boost their participant rankings. Not at all. Most of us are currently Facebookers and also Mark currently has all our personal details. Additionally, Zuckerberg has not demonstrated any kind of thinking about merging both Brands and Services (at least for the moment). He recognizes we do not act similarly in each social media platform we belong to which we act differently relying on our inspirations. Combining both systems under the Facebook umbrella would certainly provoke a massive movement to other photo-sharing apps like Eye' em or Picplz.

I truly do assume this deal is a lot more a question of approach as well as maintaining Google and also other competitors at bay (Google had actually lately revealed rate of interest for IG). I personally assumed that Instagramwould fit much better with Twitter. It made even more sense to me but it's appears that Jack Dorsey is truly delighted with his Instagram Shares worth today as he was just one of the first round resources fund capitalist.

I think that (for the very least a few months, maybe a year ...) there will be no essential adjustments in our Instagram Application and that in any case, it is useless to try to intend even more than that.

Much more the one million Androiders registered last week and also absolutely nothing really happened. So why should we be frightened of Facebook this time?