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Twitter courted by Google, Facebook?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Stitch, Feb 10, 2011.

  1. Stitch

    Stitch Active Member

    Twitter's value is close to $10 billion according to rumors that Facebook and Google are interested in buying the company.

    $10 billion for a company with revenue of $45 million. Where is the Pets.com sock puppet when you need it?

    http://blogs.wSportsJournalists.com/deals/2011/02/10/twitter-at-10-billion-insanity/
     
  2. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Gonna go out on a limb and guess that Twitter is a little more legit than Pets.com.
     
  3. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

  4. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    I'd go out on a limb and suggest Twitter has a brighter future than Facebook.

    I think FB has jumped the shark in the US and it's only a matter of time until it does the same overseas, it's impact on Egypt not withstanding.

    Google has constantly evolved as a company. FB, as a product at least, pretty much offers the exact same thing as it did 4 years ago. And I've noticed a marked decrease in posting among my friends. And me, for that matter.
     
  5. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    I feel like Facebook has declined, as well, though it's just a feeling I get from when I was on it. I saw messages decline over time. But I've searched and searched for objective, concrete articles/evidence about that, and have yet to find it.

    Question I should know: How the hell does Facebook make any money? Does anybody know? Zuckerberg is a billionaire. Why? How?
     
  6. Stitch

    Stitch Active Member

    I'd assume most of Zuckerberg's wealth is on paper for private Facebook stock. Besides the stock, I wonder how much cash he really has.
     
  7. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Do you notice the advertising on the site?
     
  8. sgreenwell

    sgreenwell Well-Known Member

    Just to play devil's advocate, how old are you? My friends also use Facebook less, but we've aged from being the pioneers of the service at 21 to being 26 to 28 now. For the high school and college I cover, it's still a rarity when someone doesn't have a Facebook account.
     
  9. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member


    I'm not on it. I just remember in the movie him resisting advertising.
     
  10. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    I'm not saying people don't have accounts. I'm just noting an anecdotal feeling that people are using their FB less and less.
     
  11. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    But the ad placements are getting smarter and smarter. The other night after watching "The Social Network," my wife and I did a side-by-side comparison of the ads that show up on our pages. They were 100 percent different, and we both agreed that if we were in a buying mood or more impulsive (read: younger), we would definitely be interested in each of the products being shown.
     
  12. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Similarly I see the same manevering re Twitter: Overall traffic might be down, but businesses are getting smarter about integrating it into their marketing. That said, $10 billion seems ridiculous. eBay bought Skype for $4B and the deal damn near brought eBay to its knees.
     
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