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Re:Instapaper is joining Pinterest by cheeze on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @03:35PM (#12346795)
I think that most of the concern comes from the fact that Pinterest has had no problem doing this in the past [1]. While it may not be the plan at this moment, things can change quickly, and with any change in a system like this, people are going to naturally worry since they've seen it happen countless times in the past.

Congratulations on the acquisition, and I wish you the best going forward.

[1] - https://medium.com/@pdavison/math-camp-is-joining-pinterest-...

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Re:Instapaper is joining Pinterest by AndrewWarner on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @03:41PM (#12346838)
I hate when apps I like shut down.

David was pretty open in the post you linked to: "Though the team will live on, we’ll be focused on building within the core Pinterest product."

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Re:Instapaper is joining Pinterest by bthdonohue on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @04:14PM (#12347158)
Obviously the Math Camp acquisition was before my time, but my understanding is that acquisition was explicitly for the team and not the technology.
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Re:Instapaper is joining Pinterest by frankquist on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @08:23PM (#12348833)
Isn't the technology of Instapaper separate from Instapaper as a product, though, to some extent? (at least the parser bit. I get that the information about reading habits is inseparable from a running Instapaper service)
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