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Roy Rolling

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7. let's talk finance

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat May 19, 2012, 07:39 AM

May 2012

Facebook is a seller of advertising, like newspapers and television and radio and Google ads. Advertising has oversaturated people's lives and commercials are less and less effective.

The advertising on the side of Facebook sites is a distraction and few people are driven to buy from them. Once they crunch the numbers (if ever) advertisers will find out Facebook offers a poor return on advertising budgets.

Once that happens, Facebook stock will be long dead....

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LA TImes: Facebook's epic fail [View all] marmar May 2012 OP

I would hate to see Morgan Stanley and the other underwriters lose money on this. Prometheus Bound May 2012 #1

I could care less whether Morgan Stanley and other underwriters lose money. bluestate10 May 2012 #2

You know what Facebook does? It connects separated families. aquart May 2012 #12

____ randome May 2012 #14

It does all that well, and then it sells your life to the highest bidder bhikkhu May 2012 #15

My long lost half-sister found me on FB XanaDUer May 2012 #16

my family members have a closed FB group. grasswire May 2012 #25

Actually I was being sarcastic. MS was trying to manipulate the market. Prometheus Bound May 2012 #17

Trust Me, The Banks Won't Lose Money Yavin4 May 2012 #3

I said a couple of days ago on DU wilt the stilt May 2012 #4

Interesting. I was talking to a business consultant the other day. . . DinahMoeHum May 2012 #6

Public investors did not Like. tanyev May 2012 #5

I understand that the banks propped up the price on Friday. don't we have to Liberal_in_LA May 2012 #13

I think you have to wait until the latest Euro panic leaves Johonny May 2012 #18

thanks for the info. I seriously doubt facebook will be around in 20 years Liberal_in_LA May 2012 #19

let's talk finance Roy Rolling May 2012 #7

I couldn't see the substantial improvement over that other time-waster, MYSPACE. MADem May 2012 #8

hey! I found Myspace! It's still around. wow. Liberal_in_LA May 2012 #20

Is it too soon? daaron May 2012 #9

Nothing is "secure"--not Diaspora, not anything. You're "out there" on the net, people can see you, MADem May 2012 #21

Well, there's degrees of security... daaron May 2012 #22

Just don't give Facebook your full name, and use a tosser email for their stupid notifications! MADem May 2012 #23

I stopped using Facebook more than a year ago. daaron May 2012 #24

I made a page named after one of my dogs that has no info on it. MADem May 2012 #26

"facebook's" "epic" "fail"? sorry, zero for three.... unblock May 2012 #10

Yeah, let me fail epically for a few billion dollars gratuitous May 2012 #11