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chbrown on April 9, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Instagram is acquired by Facebook

The front page of HN is a brilliant example of why you should use the active voice when the passive is unnecessary. 403 points (active) vs. 150 points (passive).

Great A&B testing, guys.

lewispb on April 9, 2012 [–]

No worries ;) To be fair the facebook announcement was posted 10 minutes prior to the instagram.com post and so generated discussion quicker.

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