Google should bu out facebook for 8 billion dollars

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by IamNed, Jul 11, 2007.

  1. #1
    in stock

    it would be worth it

    sure it seems expensive but the key is growth and audience

    Facebook has both and would give google a major advantage in terms of social networking . and 8 billion isnt much for google anyway.
     
    IamNed, Jul 11, 2007 IP
  2. hobodude666

    hobodude666 Peon

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    I hope not. Cause then FaceBook will get all Google ad's this and that. and before you know it, they start taking out contents like what they're doing on youtube now.
     
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  3. IamNed

    IamNed Peon

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    #3
    how would they steal content? Facebook content is all user generated.
     
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  4. hobodude666

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    #4
    I said "If google buys it, they would "take" out contents" Not steal.
    Like right now, on tube, u cant even look up categories.
     
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    freebullets Peon

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    #5
    idc, I don't use social networking sites. They're pointless to me
     
    freebullets, Jul 11, 2007 IP
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    anions Notable Member

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    #6
    Same here...I use face to face communication, phone, and email to contact people I know. If I don't know them, I'd rather not meet them on facebook or orkut or something.

    Forums work just fine for me - information + networking :D
     
    anions, Jul 11, 2007 IP
  7. mightyb

    mightyb Banned

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    I must admit that face book is the only one i use. I can contact like 2000 people from my uni, i have found a bunch of my mates i went to college with and its easy to post events rather than ringing 50 people before a night out.
     
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  8. IamNed

    IamNed Peon

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    Yea facebook will become bigger than myspace given enough time, espeically at the rate facebook is growing it shouldn't take longer than a few years.
     
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    Computerized Well-Known Member

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    #9
    $8 billion seems a lot more than Facebook is worth. Is this a potential buy, or just something to think about? :p
     
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  10. IamNed

    IamNed Peon

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    I would not be surprised if google offered between 5-10 billion for facebook

    If I ran facebook I wouldn't sell for less than 6 billion dollars
     
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    #11
    I remember the good old days of facebook.
    Not a single ad.
     
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    #12
    Adblockers FTW
     
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  13. IamNed

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    #13
    big advertisers spending million onf bookface

    this is gonna be huge

    If bookface goes IPo it would have a valuation exceeding 16 billion and go up 800% on its first day
     
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    Martindale Well-Known Member

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    #14
    Real geeks don't see ads.
     
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    #15
    you never know, if facebook get more popular over months, google wil buy for sure.. google can buy anything man.
     
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    #16
    8 billion, are you kidding me? Are you just pulling numbers out of your ass?
     
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    #17
    They're already into social networking with orkut, why would they need facebook?
     
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    #18
    Um but no one uses orkurt. It is ranked at the very bottom of the list of social networking traffic while facebook is number two.
     
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