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riderinthestorm

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10. My 15 yr old has a FB account but hasn't been on in months. She uses tumblr and twitter

Reply to renate (Reply #7)

Fri May 18, 2012, 07:42 PM

May 2012

almost exclusively....

I've been watching all day with a sense of incredulity - this is sooo much like the IPOs of the 90s and early 2000s and we know exactly where 99% of those ended up. I'm really shocked at the frenzy.

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Sucker bet. MrSlayer May 2012 #1

GM trashed this Facebook IPO on Tuesday KurtNYC May 2012 #3

five years from now, Facebook will be defunct. provis99 May 2012 #2

My co-worker said today that 3 of her 4 teenagers have already dumped FB and moved on underpants May 2012 #5

I bet that's what they told her. Fearless May 2012 #11

Well, my 15 yr old is under punitive scrutiny and I DO know what she's doing since January riderinthestorm May 2012 #13

Under non sequitur it says see this sub-thread. Fearless May 2012 #14

Feel better after delivering gratuitous slam? riderinthestorm May 2012 #16

None of what you've said in the first paragraph... Fearless May 2012 #17

That long? NYC Liberal May 2012 #12

I doubt it... Fearless May 2012 #15

Believe me.. sendero May 2012 #4

It was floundering at $38 (the offering price) for a while underpants May 2012 #6

Exactly.. sendero May 2012 #8

more than Amazon? More than DISNEY???? renate May 2012 #7

Expect Facebook to buy it then. Prometheus Bound May 2012 #9

My 15 yr old has a FB account but hasn't been on in months. She uses tumblr and twitter riderinthestorm May 2012 #10

My kids (18 and 15) rarely use facebook anymore Redford May 2012 #18