Instagram folded: returns the original text advertising policy

Definitions rights to the pictures back version from 2010 Facebook now launches a new experiment that might provoke the wrath surfers: Free of dollars on sending messages to strangers
Instagram, photo service owned by Facebook, retracted intended changes to the terms of service, following the tremendous pressure of the users, who feared that the company is trying to change the policy to sell the photos users to advertisers, without the need for approval.
"Most of the concerns we've heard of you focused on advertising, and what the changes mean for you and your Tmonotichm," wrote Kevin Sistrum founder Instagram blog now.
Instagram unveiled on December 17, the new conditions, which it says will give advertisers more flexibility in the use of images, user names, and so on commercials. Moves reflect pressure on Facebook to create a profit from the acquisition Instagram and re-accelerate sales growth, moderated.
But assessing Ray Valdes, an analyst at research firm Gartner, forcing users to accept too fast ionic endangers society rebellion users. "This is part of the pattern of Facebook over the years, with occasional - knowingly or intentionally - they push users over their comfort zone regarding the privacy of information," Valdes said in an interview.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to purchase the Instagram for billion in cash and stock this year. Instagram, with more than 100 million users, allows people to edit pictures and uploading them to social networks easily. Instagram announced earlier this week that it intends to make a change that will allow advertisers to show names or pictures Users online ads, and said that advertisers can do so without paying users or seek their approval. Instagram also said that not always notice that content are advertisements or sponsorships.
The response was quick. Users - from ordinary people to celebrities like basketball player LeBron James and Kim Kardashian, as well as factors such as National Geographic - fear that the company will use the new policy to sell the pictures to the highest bidder. Many threatened to leave the service even before they can take the new rules into effect on January 16. Thousands have posted protests Instagram's Facebook page.
On December 18, the first time responded Sistrum browsing protest, saying that implicitly rewrites the section suggests that the images appear in advertisements. But yesterday he withdrew further, and said that the company's policy regarding publication will be as it had been, since October 2010.
"Created confusion and concerns about our future advertising products," wrote Sistrum. "Now, instead of receiving you confirmation including all future advertising product has not yet developed in advance, we invest time in completing our plans, and we return to users and explain in detail how we intend to start our advertising network," he wrote.
Zuckerberg has been required to return to a past policy changes and apologize to users. According to Valdez, Facebook should be careful later on Privacy mistakes in order to not alienate users. "Facebook's brand pays price over time," Valdes said, "All such small mistake can end join and create great harm."
Facebook itself has announced a planned change on Thursday: plans to allow foreigners to send messages to people who are not in their circle of friends, for a fee of dollars. It launched a program experience that. In order to prevent spam flood, it intends to limit the acceptance of such messages one message per user per week.
This Facebook message responses were enthusiastic. Many users fear it will allow stalkers and spammers mailbox access Facebook. "Facebook continues selling its users to the highest bidder," technology blogger Noah Kravitz Twitter. "Facebook earn billions if you add a button" Pay to view private photos ", but it starts small with messages," wrote another blogger Brian Perez.

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