Facebook

[gkaps]

Do you think facebook is as big as the media is making it?

[swkstudent]

idk there are a lot of people on it....I personally liked it better when it first came out.

[zcote]

Your question is very vague.

FB has 900,000,000+ active users worldwide. Thats pretty big. 50% of those users log on every day. Of all the websites in the world, FB has the most dedicated user time. e.g. the person stays on FB longer than anywhere else.

The stocks are another issue. There are many millions of shares out there. Employees just got allowed to dump theirs. Millions more shares will be coming online every week. Marky Zuck said he wont sell any of his until next year.

Thats big.

There were millions of shares that were sold during the IPO. Stock prices ticked up for a little while and then tanked. They are still way off the IPO price. That is BILLIONS of lost investment dollars. That is big.

The way that FB performed on the IPO and the way that it was handled has had some pretty big implications about tech stocks in general and the markets' current potential to meet the needs of the new economy.

The impact of FB's need to generate BIG revenue is a big deal. It is affecting the way that people are doing business and percieving the social phenomenon. This is giving rise to many new social networks that are more targeted to the specific needs of the vast clientelle of the FB newtork. Thats a big deal. Think Pinterest. Think Yelp.

The problem with revenue is real big. It has even put the question of Google's lucrative nature into question. There is speculation that G is on the way out already.
That is all pretty big stuff.
FB is a big deal as it grows, slows and dies.

[kewl4reals]

Do you think facebook is as big as the media is making it?

No , i am glad that i dont have a facebook account anymore.  Its very washed up

[annettefayeroach]

It's big. It has it's problems.  But it's ok.

[jkhanson]

Facebook is huge.

I like it to keep up with friends and family.  Pictures are shared, etc.

Also I use it for my main online business. 

[gkaps]

I think it's huge too people like it for it's connection they yet have to figure out how to make real money.

[zcote]

Facebook is huge.

I like it to keep up with friends and family.  Pictures are shared, etc.

Also I use it for my main online business. 

I am completely sincere when I wonder what kind of business you are running from FB. I have talked with a few people whi are having a nightmare trying to get reaction. Conversely, one of my friends had a following of a few thousand people, on his page for the theater he owned (just went out of business last month).

Is there a word or search I could use to find you better.
I would have sent a private message to you, but, I don't have that functionality.

Thanks, very interested.

Also, what are your thoughts on Zuckerburg's decision to throttle the functionality of the newsfeed in order to create the "option" to promote your posts? How has this affected your business?