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Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

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How Instagram Bootstrapped Their Network

Instagram started out as a photo filter. The hardest thing with starting a social network is how do you find your friends, like getting the actual network. You could link your Twitter account to your Instagram account and then Instagram would just pull in all your contacts. And that's how Instagram bootstrap their network.

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