Kevin Systrom's statement on his and Mike Krieger's departure from Instagram says they plan to take time off “to explore our curiosity and creativity again”
Last night, the tech-twitter was lit … Luke Stangel / Silicon Valley Business Journal : Report: Instagram likely to get longtime Facebook exec Adam Mosseri as boss Jon Russell / TechCrunch : Facebook's plan to let companies it buys live independently is over The Interface : The end of Instagram — Some time on Monday, Kevin Systrom … Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing : Facebook kremlinology: Instagram founders' exodus signals immanent facebookization Craig Russo / SludgeFeed : Instagram Founders Leave the Company Due to Continual Clashes With Facebook Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC : Cramer says Instagram founders lost in the ‘clash of cultures’ with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Troy Wolverton / Business Insider : The departure of Instagram's cofounders is a bad thing for Facebook — but it could be even worse for the rest of us The Guardian : Instagram founders quit amid suspected clash with Zuckerberg Casey Newton / The Verge : The end of Instagram as we know it is here — Facebook used to leave it alone. Steven Musil / CNET : Instagram co-founders leaving company, reportedly amid clashes with Facebook Anna Hensel / VentureBeat : 3 ways Facebook might change Instagram now that its cofounders are out Hanna Kozlowska / Quartz : Instagram's founders have left. What does that mean for the app's future? Amy Gesenhues / Marketing Land : Digital marketers: Instagram co-founders' departure won't slow ad growth Adweek : Instagram Co-Founders Abruptly Depart, Leaving the Company's Path Forward Unclear Alyssa Bereznak / The Ringer : What the Instagram Shake-up Means for the App—and Its Users Aaron Mak / Slate : Did Instagram's Founders Leave Because Mark Zuckerberg Meddled Too Much? Nicole LaPorte / Fast Company : Exclusive: Instagram cofounder Mike Krieger talks growth and leadership just before resigning Tweets: John Herrman / @jwherrman : There are just so many accumulating clues that main Facebook usage - core behaviors like personal posts and conversations - is in worse decline in mature markets than shows up in published figures http://www.recode.net/... Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : Was it a slight dig from Systrom with the “again”? You be the judge (I judge yea). http://twitter.com/... Dan Primack / @danprimack : Most surprising part of Instagram co-founders quitting is that it didn't come right after Snap's co-founders quit. Kevin S. / @kevin : The @instagram journey is one I won't forget. It started by building simple products that solved universal problems. Now eight years we look back and are proud and grateful to have been part of that journey. Thank you to the entire community as we move on for now. Mike Krieger / @mikeyk : Over 8 years ago, Kevin and I started Instagram, hoping to build something that would bring out people's creativity and spirit for exploration. Now it's time for the next chapter. A huge thank you to everyone in the community who we've met along the way. https://twitter.com/... Shira Ovide / @shiraovide : Mark Zuckerberg says he “learned a lot” from working with the departing Instagram founders. It's a phrase he loves to use. http://www.bloomberg.com/... http://twitter.com/... Ryan Sarver / @rsarver : There were no two better to compete against/be pushed by than these two. One of the major highlights of my time at Twitter was getting to know and learn from @mikeyk @kevin. Kudos gents! http://www.nytimes.com/... Sarah Frier / @sarahfrier : This is really bad for Facebook. Instagram was a bright future for the company. Now, the people who know how to maintain the culture and purpose of the product are leaving. https://twitter.com/... Kathleen Chaykowski / @kchaykowski : In 2016, Systrom told Forbes he valued Instagram's autonomy: “One thing Mark has done from the beginning is say, you have the independence to make the product calls you want to make, and how you want to make them, and when you want to make them” http://www.forbes.com/... Ingrid / @ingridlunden : I used to love Instagram. Really not a fan of what it became. Too much commercial stuff, too many bells and whistles. Too noisy. But these two helped usher a lot of that in. I think maybe it was just time? Or did they step back and finally recognise their monster? https://twitter.com/... @theosint : Pattern: -Naive young founders create a social network (eg. Instagram, WhatsApp ...) - Mark and co-conspirators (Sandberg &co) promise nothing will change and that company will remain independent - Facebook aggressively pushes for more ads, more data collection - Founders quit http://twitter.com/... Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : It's not them, it's Mark: Increasing tensions between instagram and their Facebook overlords is behind the departure, said sources. http://www.recode.net/... Casey Johnston / @caseyjohnston : is this because instagram's attempts to get you to follow your Facebook friends have gotten so painfully thirsty and embarrassing, I can only assume so http://www.nytimes.com/... @can : Basically Facebook exists to make some people really rich so that they can wax poetic about how bad Facebook is for the world. Our well being, democracy, attention spans are all roadkills along the way. http://twitter.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : I'm gonna guess that Kevin and Mike could raise $100 million just by writing “Kevin and Mike Incorporated” on a cocktail napkin http://twitter.com/... John Lilly / @johnolilly : Wow. @mikeyk and @kevin leaving Instagram is a real moment. I figured they would leave at some point, but what an impact they've had on all of us. Maybe my favorite mobile native app of all time. Sarah Frier / @sarahfrier : Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom was just on paternity leave, likely had time to reflect on Instagram's current trajectory. I'm hearing it's quite a big deal that Kevin and Mike leaving at the same time. FB just took back Marne Levine, who was helpful at FB/IG harmony when IG COO. Molly Wood / @mollywood : Is it maybe because FB is kinda ruining it bit by bit? Asking for a friend. https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer