immediately stop artificially growing Instagram, in a way that undermines the Facebook online grid.
retain Kevin [Systrom, co-founder of Instagram] to verify Instagram can do its best work.
The synergies are usually less than people think and the strategy is usually greater than people think.
Mark Zuckerberg leaving the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on MondayPhoto by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Zuckerberg also wrote of the political direction over time.
I am sure we could have built our own app, Zuckerberg said.
Whether it would have succeeded or not is a matter of speculation.
Rather than shut down Instagram, he pointed out, Meta improved it and greatly expanded its user base.
The flurry of emails throughout the morning included one that Sheryl Sandberg sent to Zuckerberg in November 2012.
I want to learn Settlers of Catan too so we can play, she wrote.
I can definitely tach you Settlers of Catan.
Its very easy to learn, Zuckerberg wrote.
Instead, Matheson referred to another part, where Zuckerberg expressed concerns that Facebook Messenger was not beating WhatsApp.