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And if they do I'm sure they'll have enough cash to dry their eyes with

I'm pretty sure there is a woody harrelson gif for that

There is: https://giphy.com/gifs/94EQmVHkveNck

giphy has a .gif of that

I mean, it worked out great for the Instagram guys, right?

Not just for the personal finances of the Instagram founders and team. The Instagram acquisition has been, as far as I can tell, a huge success for Facebook.

Maybe..?

I can imagine an alternate 2020 where an independent Instagram is growing like a weed and the founders are much more wealthy.

Most people on this site couldn't imagine it back then:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3817850

Didn't work too well for the Whatsapp team ...

They will once they see what Facebook turns them into.

Immensely wealthy people? I'm sure those pangs are awful.