batdog Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Hello everyone,does anyone here know anything about facebook.com ? Any members ? And if yes why is facebook so great that it is considered to be the next youtube ( I mean business wise about to be sold for a huge amount of dollars ).Much obliged for any infos....Ciao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huguenot Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Facebook isn't the same kind of beast as youtube. At core it's a networking site with blogging and photo facilities. It has more in common with myspace. However, it's huge, and since it opened up to the general public only a few months ago, it's anticipated it will grow very quickly.Previously it was a college campus network only, but as such it had a strangle hold over a very attractive audience for advertisers. Despite this fact, rumour had it they were only generating $50m a year in ad revenues (twenty times less than a Yahoo! or a Google). Thus you have a huge commercial opportunity that's currently underperforming - that's takeover gold.Both Yahoo! and Google are painfully aware that they don't have a social relationship with their users, and tend to be perceived as tools. As such they remain very vulnerable to competitors who may generate a technological advantage. Having a networking property locks in their audience by acting as a facilitator for their social life.Such was Yahoo!'s desperation to make the buy that it was rumoured they offered $900m a couple of months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockney piers Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Not to mention flickr which Yahoo! seem to be trying to tie in to their yahoo accounts. But I really can't see what they're gaining out of that deal, unless they're planning to swamp the place with advertising, at which point I'll be finding a new photo sharing tool.I can't say I've heard of facebook until now and I'm a pretty tech savvy person (ie I spend too much time at work browsing), that's a billion dollars well spent then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 What is this Facebook ye talk of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Palaeologus Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 'tis witchcraft Quids, sucks your very soul and delivers it to Beelzebub his-self. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pibe Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 blimey quids!!7 years from general to lounge. a record shurely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowlander Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 History lesson! I actually joined it in 2007 for all of three weeks, scared the hell out of me and never been back since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vik Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 It'll never catch on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Fad not a trend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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