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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Instagram comes up
E109: 2022 Bestie Awards Live from Twitter HQ
- ▶ 1:39:51 Chamath Palihapitiya A bunch of websites, I think it started because Instagram did a bunch of apps, deprecated, you know, likes, because they felt that it was too, it was part of this negative cycle.
E103: Tech layoffs surge, big tech freezes hiring, optimizing for profits, election preview & more
- ▶ 39:41 David Friedberg People are making more money on YouTube, on Instagram, on TikTok than ever before.
E102: Elon closes Twitter deal, $META uncertainty, Zuck's historic bet, big tech decline & more
- ▶ 57:09 Jason Calacanis They started to pull the e-commerce string over at Instagram.
E101: Ye acquires Parler, Snap drops 30%, macro outlook, VC metrics, valuing stocks & more
- ▶ 5:44 David Friedberg Those monopolies get, uh, destroyed by the next thing, you know, from Friendster to MySpace, to Facebook, to Instagram, to Snapchat, to TikTok. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 19:14 Brad Gerstner For all the things we say about Instagram, I mean, TikTok has had explosive growth, 30% growth each of the last three years, but even the incumbent platforms, really sticky usage, this is about how they're monetizing those users, and the…
E99: Cheating scandals, Twitter updates, rapid AI advancements, Biden's pardon, Section 230 & more
- ▶ 1:10:45 David Friedberg We saw it happen with Instagram.
E98: Big tech starts making cuts, Fed incompetency, global debt, Russia/Ukraine & more
- ▶ 15:58 Chamath Palihapitiya Atlassian, Tesla, Uber, Google, Airbnb, Uber, Instagram, WhatsApp, incredible businesses that have created tremendous value.
E97: SPAC updates, public/private market overview, Putin's end game & more
- ▶ 1:21:51 Jason Calacanis Um, Iran has shut off internet access, internet access in parts of Tehran, and blocked access to Instagram and WhatsApp to try to stop these protests.
E96: Adobe acquires Figma for $20B, TPB SPAC, FedEx CEO's recession warning, macro picture & more
- ▶ 25:03 David Friedberg It feels so similar to Facebook, Instagram, and Google, YouTube. 2 times in the scene
E95: Winter is Coming, Europe's energy crisis, Kim Kardashian's new PE firm & more
- ▶ 53:35 Jason Calacanis Three hundred twenty nine million followers on Instagram alone.
E90: Twitter subpoenas, market overview, Pelosi's Taiwan visit & more
- ▶ 14:24 Jason Calacanis Because if you go to LinkedIn, or Facebook, or Instagram, you don't see this.
E83: Market slide continues, and how to address Uvalde
- ▶ 1:18:05 Chamath Palihapitiya You know, he would post on Instagram of assault rifles.
- ▶ 1:38:16 Chamath Palihapitiya But if we're already there, I just say, take the extra step and teach the kids because they're living on Instagram and TikTok every day.
E82: All-In Summit: Claire Cormier Thielke on China + Q&A with Flexport's Ryan Petersen
- ▶ 37:55 Ryan Petersen Um, so, so it hits companies of all sizes, but these DTC brands got a double whammy because Apple last, I think it was last year when they changed their privacy rules and their customer acquisition models on Instagram, Facebook, Facebook,…
E74: Market update, inverted yield curve, immigration, new SPAC rules, $FB smears TikTok and more
- ▶ 1:16:56 Jason Calacanis They already banned Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram in their country.
E73: Late-stage VC markdowns and mistakes, market strategy, Ukraine/Russia update with Brad Gerstner
- ▶ 37:16 Chamath Palihapitiya So for example, most of these businesses that rely on Facebook and Google and Instagram for customer acquisition,
E71: Russia/Ukraine deep dive: escalation, risk factors, financial fallout, exit ramps and more
- ▶ 48:54 Jason Calacanis Instagram is still on Twitter still on but the Russians now are are turning off information into the country.
E64: Antitrust standards & enforcement, tech repricing, lab leak obfuscation, E63 reactions & more
- ▶ 23:07 Jason Calacanis Does this deal, and we'll take the Activision deal here as, uh, but one example, but you could take the Instagram and the YouTube deals as well, uh, do these deals substantially reduce competition in the future?
- ▶ 29:56 David Sacks And then I think the last observation she makes, which I think is pretty, pretty valid, is this idea that, you know, when Facebook bought Instagram at that time, it didn't seem to be a problem, but it definitely allowed them to extend…
- ▶ 37:20 Chamath Palihapitiya I think that's the same for WhatsApp and Instagram at Facebook. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 37:23 David Friedberg WhatsApp was 19 people when it was acquired, and now it's thousands, I'm certain, and Instagram's the same.