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how about growing users?..hmm thats seems like a valuable way to spend your time if your a consumer web company.

• run4yourlives 19y ago
  When you have over "65 billion page views per month", you don't need to focus on more users. You need to focus on getting paid. Fast. EDIT: In other words: if Money In - Money Out > 0: Success if Money In - Money Out < 0: Fail The number of users doesn't matter.
  • okeumeni 19y ago
    Good point!
  • neilc 19y ago
    Why does Facebook need to focus on "getting paid. Fast."? It's not like they have any difficulty getting funding. Obviously they need to figure out how to make money in the long run, but it's not like they're going to run out of cash any time soon.
    • run4yourlives 19y ago
      I get your point, but given the current economic climate and the understanding that the you can't predict when "the cat'll be out of the bag" in terms of when the valley realizes they're living on funding, the faster they find a way to bring in revenue, the better it is for them.
    • mattmaroon 19y ago
      They'll have difficulty getting funding at some point in the future without a down round, which nobody wants.
      • nostrademons 19y ago
        They're profitable, though. So if they wanted, they could avoid taking any more funding, ever, and just grow the company off retained earnings.
        • pchristensen 19y ago
          Profitable, but nowhere near profitable enough to justify the enormous investment they've taken and their valuation.
• boredguy8 19y ago
  What exactly are facebook users consuming? And volume is no substitute for probability if every "consumption" is at a loss. Sony can sell the PS3 at a loss because it makes money on the games and in the long run, wins. They can't sell the PS3 at a loss and sell the games at a loss, and make up for it with volume. That's what facebook seems to be attempting. And they're not even winning the volume game.
  • boredguy8 19y ago
    Should have read, "volume is no substitute for profitability".