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Published · transcript-backedDick Costolo: belief
28 Oct 2020 Acquired Twitter (with Dick Costolo)
“The insert of the Instagram photo into the Twitter feed is no longer going to work and it's just going to be a link. I think he said something like they're going to shut that off tomorrow.”
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- Speaker
- Dick Costolo
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- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 28 Oct 2020
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Twitter (with Dick Costolo)
Transcript context
…Two things happened. I don't remember the order in which they happened. The first you mentioned, I think to this day still, when you post an Instagram link on Twitter, frustratingly it is just a URL. You're like, come on, guys, can't you get along? The other thing is that the social graph stopped working. Instagram no longer could use Twitter's API to help you find your friends to follow. How did both of those go down? Well, I got a call one day. I think it was from Mark. Mark said, hey, I just want to give you the heads up. The Instagram team has decided that Instagram photos need to be viewed on Instagram. The insert of the Instagram photo into the Twitter feed is no longer going to work and it's just going to be a link. I think he said something like they're going to shut that off tomorrow. I was like, that's a bummer.. That's really, really bad. I love the phrasing, too. Like, oh, the team has decided.…
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