Yuo are assuming someone will offer that. There is no eviednce whatsoever that that is true.They have as much chance to see their net worth come A LOT closer to that initial $0 than they do of actually seeing a $1 billion offer.
You want to know why Facebook is making a huge mistake IF they were actually offered that much (which I think is complete bulls**t.)Anyone who has a Facebook account go and check the accounts of people who graduated even just one year ago. And if they have a MySpace account, check them too.You will see that A LOT more use MySpace now that they have graduated and they haven't logged on to Facebook since the beginning of summer.
One thing that is the major factor for long term growth or stability is the market demographic. When you graduate college and eventually turn 30 will you be using Facebook or MySpace or X new site at the time? Most likely not. The demographic will go with the flow and there is nothing they can do besides just paying users to stay. There is no real product he is making money, ADS on Website != Huge business long term. I wish best of luck for him, but I think I would take the 1 billion and smile.
"Dude, Facebook is no Google. They're on the Friendster road."Friendster was run by a big-headed moron who let investors convince him that he could go on running it and make big bucks. It was all ego. He had no vision for that site. I remember shortly after I signed up, it started taking close to a minute for each page to load. It took them like FOUR MONTHS to fix that. All the while, this ugly site called myspace was gaining ground on them. I mean come on, MySpace is a pretty disgusting site, especially before it diversified into the media promotion tool that it is. You have to suck pretty bad to get whooped by them. I also remember back in the day they would delete profiles if you didn't put your "real, recent picture", so if you had a baby pic or a pic of a cat or something, they'd delete you. They were big headed morons and deserved what they got.Facebook, although somewhat corporate, is still a VERY well designed and well thought out site. It is clear that zuckerberg has a vision for the site and is interested in building it around that vision... unlike friendster where guy who started it started it so he could meet women.
Mark said in a recent interview that he wants to keep Facebook under their control because it's just getting started and it's not about the money. This is just a beginning for their company, so they say, and also that the offer was a "rumor" even though we know it's true. I guess it just depends on your motives... 1 billion sounds pretty nice though<a class="user" href="http://www.nickjag.com/facebook">http://www.nickjag.com/facebook</a>
Closed AccountOct 28, 2006
Yuo are assuming someone will offer that. There is no eviednce whatsoever that that is true.They have as much chance to see their net worth come A LOT closer to that initial $0 than they do of actually seeing a $1 billion offer.
Closed AccountOct 28, 2006
You want to know why Facebook is making a huge mistake IF they were actually offered that much (which I think is complete bulls**t.)Anyone who has a Facebook account go and check the accounts of people who graduated even just one year ago. And if they have a MySpace account, check them too.You will see that A LOT more use MySpace now that they have graduated and they haven't logged on to Facebook since the beginning of summer.
dezmdOct 28, 2006
TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN YOU IDIOT(S)! The next big bubble *!POP!* is coming, get yours while you can and get the heck away from it.
succubuskillerOct 28, 2006
One thing that is the major factor for long term growth or stability is the market demographic. When you graduate college and eventually turn 30 will you be using Facebook or MySpace or X new site at the time? Most likely not. The demographic will go with the flow and there is nothing they can do besides just paying users to stay. There is no real product he is making money, ADS on Website != Huge business long term. I wish best of luck for him, but I think I would take the 1 billion and smile.
maxterpieceOct 29, 2006
"Dude, Facebook is no Google. They're on the Friendster road."Friendster was run by a big-headed moron who let investors convince him that he could go on running it and make big bucks. It was all ego. He had no vision for that site. I remember shortly after I signed up, it started taking close to a minute for each page to load. It took them like FOUR MONTHS to fix that. All the while, this ugly site called myspace was gaining ground on them. I mean come on, MySpace is a pretty disgusting site, especially before it diversified into the media promotion tool that it is. You have to suck pretty bad to get whooped by them. I also remember back in the day they would delete profiles if you didn't put your "real, recent picture", so if you had a baby pic or a pic of a cat or something, they'd delete you. They were big headed morons and deserved what they got.Facebook, although somewhat corporate, is still a VERY well designed and well thought out site. It is clear that zuckerberg has a vision for the site and is interested in building it around that vision... unlike friendster where guy who started it started it so he could meet women.
evildudetxOct 29, 2006
He won't except because he is a dumbass. Plain and simple.
longofestNov 1, 2006
and Mark uses a Mac, so he gets props from me for that ;-)
Closed AccountDec 25, 2006
They really didnt, after they were offered
nickjagSep 10, 2007
Mark said in a recent interview that he wants to keep Facebook under their control because it's just getting started and it's not about the money. This is just a beginning for their company, so they say, and also that the offer was a "rumor" even though we know it's true. I guess it just depends on your motives... 1 billion sounds pretty nice though<a class="user" href="http://www.nickjag.com/facebook">http://www.nickjag.com/facebook</a>