FILE - In this Tuesday, June 19, 2018, file photo, Kevin Systrom, CEO and co-founder of Instagram, prepares for an announcement about IGTV in San Francisco. In a statement late Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, Systrom said in a statement that he and Mike Krieger, Instagram’s chief technical officer, plan to leave the company in the next few weeks and take time off “to explore our curiosity and creativity again.” (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Instagram users are not too happy that the founders of the social media network, which is owned by Facebook, are leaving the company.
In a statement posted on Sept 24, Kevin Systrom who launched Instagram with Mike Krieger in 2010, said that the duo are leaving “to explore curiosity and creativity again”.
"We’re planning on taking some time off to explore our curiosity and creativity again. Building new things requires that we step back, understand what inspires us and match that with what the world needs; that’s what we plan to do," they posted.
However, TechCrunch reports that the departure is due to tension mounting between them and Facebook’s leadership regarding Instagram’s autonomy while Bloomberg says that they were “frustrated with an unusual uptick in day-to-day involvement by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckberg”.
Concerned users have taken to Twitter to vent their frustrations, as they are worried that Instagram will be turned into another Facebook.
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