venturebeat.com— Facebook’s IPO filing yesterday comes after a highly successful 2011 -- $3.7 billion in revenue, $1 billion in profit according to recent reports. Yet, as the world eagerly awaits the opportuni...
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Nope, FB is an interesting diversion but it's not something I would pay for. If they went to a pay model, dozens of other options would be standing in line to take their place. My little group of friends would just pick another option.
I like Facebook and it's ability to connect me to my friends but I can always just go and hang out with them. I won't pay to get status updates on what any one of my friends is doing at a given point.
Your plan is fine for kids who are no older than HS or maybe first few years of college. After that, you don't live around your friends and FB helps keep people connected even after life has spread them out around the country and the world.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Well I'm sure I can survive falling out of touch with people I don't see or live/hang around. My parents and their parents have survived without Facebook so I'm sure I can too.
In fact a while ago I took a 6 month break from it just to see if life would be any different without it. It wasn't.
I guess a paywall worked for the NYT because they actually generate content that people value. I hope Facebook doesn't turn into another AOL, asking users to pay for a service that aggregates content then finding out that most people don't want it.
Did you see the numbers? They don't need a huge number of people to pay. If only 5% pay $5 a month they make $2.5 billion. That's billion with a B.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
So, Facebook should emulate Zynga and charge people for useless trinkets. I'm thinking Facebook is far more likely to keep their current model which is based on Google's which is using a contextual ad system to print bucket loads of money.
When you have close to 1 billion active users, you are the internet. And they don't compete with anyone because they control everything that the users see.
At first I thought h*ll no! Then when the article suggested no ads, great customization... I thought... well, maybe. I'm skeptical, but I'll keep an open mind.
At first I thought h*ll no! Then when the article suggested no ads, great customization... I thought... well, maybe. I'm skeptical, but I'll keep an open mind.
craig1958Feb 3, 2012
Nope, FB is an interesting diversion but it's not something I would pay for. If they went to a pay model, dozens of other options would be standing in line to take their place. My little group of friends would just pick another option.
rotfoxFeb 3, 2012
This would result in a mass exodus.
I like Facebook and it's ability to connect me to my friends but I can always just go and hang out with them. I won't pay to get status updates on what any one of my friends is doing at a given point.
crashdvisFeb 3, 2012
Your plan is fine for kids who are no older than HS or maybe first few years of college. After that, you don't live around your friends and FB helps keep people connected even after life has spread them out around the country and the world.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
rotfoxFeb 3, 2012
Well I'm sure I can survive falling out of touch with people I don't see or live/hang around. My parents and their parents have survived without Facebook so I'm sure I can too.
In fact a while ago I took a 6 month break from it just to see if life would be any different without it. It wasn't.
sneboldFeb 3, 2012
I guess a paywall worked for the NYT because they actually generate content that people value. I hope Facebook doesn't turn into another AOL, asking users to pay for a service that aggregates content then finding out that most people don't want it.
stealthspcFeb 3, 2012
No. Just no.
winxwaresFeb 3, 2012
I think this will be decline for facebook if they make it pro.
crashdvisFeb 3, 2012
Did you see the numbers? They don't need a huge number of people to pay. If only 5% pay $5 a month they make $2.5 billion. That's billion with a B.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
winxwaresFeb 3, 2012
They gonna play game with people. :p
kalvinbFeb 3, 2012
So, Facebook should emulate Zynga and charge people for useless trinkets. I'm thinking Facebook is far more likely to keep their current model which is based on Google's which is using a contextual ad system to print bucket loads of money.
When you have close to 1 billion active users, you are the internet. And they don't compete with anyone because they control everything that the users see.
battmannFeb 3, 2012
How much is Facebook worth when the power goes out?!!
xalamuFeb 3, 2012
Wallstreet; they can't even handle what they already have. They don't need to be impressed.
baermarketingFeb 3, 2012
At first I thought h*ll no! Then when the article suggested no ads, great customization... I thought... well, maybe. I'm skeptical, but I'll keep an open mind.
baermarketingFeb 3, 2012
At first I thought h*ll no! Then when the article suggested no ads, great customization... I thought... well, maybe. I'm skeptical, but I'll keep an open mind.
lovedepilateiizFeb 3, 2012
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medicineshareFeb 3, 2012
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NestsoftFeb 3, 2012
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