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How Joining Facebook Is Hurting Instagram

Just months ago Instagram celebrated a billion-dollar buyout. Now it’s falling along with Facebook. Alex Klein explains why.

Alex Klein
Alex Klein
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Five months ago Instagram was a counter-argument to American decline: the elusive billion-dollar idea. Facebook, filled with pre-IPO swagger, snapped up the sepia-toned photo-sharing network in

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