OPINION: On Instagram, Facebook, and the destruction of indigenous online environments

Hari Shankar, Asia-Pacific director at Performics, examines Facebook's $1 billion acquisition of Instagram from both sides: the logical reasons for Facebook to make the move and the indignant howls of an online community that fears the dissolution of its identity.

by Hari Shankar

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