Instagram hasn't seemed like its past self in a while. At the bottom of its app, no longer will you find an option to compose a new post or even a tab to browse who liked and commented on your recent pictures and videos. Instead, these are now tucked away in a corner to make room for the photo-sharing social network's latest ventures: e-commerce and a bottomless pit of vertical videos . That's not to be confused with the clips housed under the TV-like icon or the row of ephemeral stories at the top of your feed. Most of these didn't exist two years ago. So what happened? The answer to that is flashed in all caps every time you open the Instagram app: Facebook. Move fast, break things Since Facebook spent a billion dollars eight years ago to acquire it, Instagram has fought hard to stay at an arm's length from its hulking new owner. Its founders were promised autonomy, and they cashed in on that to retain Instagram's core beliefs and values for as long as they could while embarking on the Facebook-ian path. Case in point: On one occasion , as Facebook pushed Instagram for in-app advertising,… Read full this story
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