is he going to return the money they paid him?

lol - for all we know, Facebook could've launched their Instagram clone and crushed them.

Most people I know didn't use Instagram until after Facebook started pushing them to use Instagram post acquisition.

Facebook did launch their Instagram clone. It was called Facebook Camera and it sucked lol (I was a beta tester and fondly remember).

The open web is dead, long live the open web. ⌐◨-◨

Building Farcaster

You mean HTMX before HTMX? https://blog.williammanley.net/2024/02/20/primer-facebooks-htmx-from-2010.html

Was this still in their HTML5 on mobile era?

Facebook did launch their Instagram clone. It was called Facebook Camera and it sucked lol (I was a beta tester and fondly remember).

https://about.fb.com/news/2012/05/introducing-facebook-camera/