Most Twitter users were saying they are unhappy about the . They complained about the move and some threatened to delete their Instagram accounts. Several blogs quickly began posting information on how they could do that.
"How do I delete all my Instagram photos before gets them?" tweeted @DieLaughing.
"Facebook is buying instagram -___- ???? welp there goes that fun," tweeted @WhoIsJayStorm.
News of the acquisition hit when Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the purchase on the social networking site. The acquisition, which Facebook hopes to finalize by later this quarter, comes just as the social network for its initial public offering.
But as executives at Facebook and Instragram were likely celebrating the deal, many people in Twitterville were having the opposite reaction.
MadebyJay tweeted, "Prepare for instagram to be downgraded because of Facebook." And
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