“Yeah, I remember your internal post about how Instagram…”

Mark Zuckerberg to Facebook employee (name redacted), April 9, 2012

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From: Mark Zuckerberg
Sent: Monday, April 9, 2012 10:51 AM
To: Facebook employee (name redacted)
Subject: Not shown in source

Yeah, I remember your internal post about how Instagram was our threat and not Google+. You were basically right. One thing about startups though is you can often acquire them. I think this is a good outcome for everyone.

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About this email

Reply, on the day Facebook announced the Instagram deal, to an employee who had written "Wow, awesome news. I like that you're not killing the independent product. I love instagram." The exhibit prints the message with a Pacific time stamp and no subject, and the FTC's exhibit index describes the document as an email.

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