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11. Yeah, let me fail epically for a few billion dollars
Sat May 19, 2012, 10:24 AM
May 2012

I'll fail every day at that price.

You're right; the failure here isn't Facebook's, it's the financial hype machine and the nitwits who swallowed their own bullshit.

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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
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