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> Please correct any mistaken assumptions I might have about their business model. Facebook's business model is curious. They took $200 million in Russian mone
by cryptoz 9y ago
> Please correct any mistaken assumptions I might have about their business model.
Facebook's business model is curious. They took $200 million in Russian money (Yuri Milner) and that came with an enthralled messaging from Zuckerberg, about how they (the Russian investors) had a "unique perspective" on monetizing social networks.
I'm not sure anyone outside of those circles knows what Facebook's actual business model really is.
Citations: https://qz.com/1121238/who-is-yuri-milner-the-russian-billionaire-who-funneled-kremlin-money-into-facebook/ https://qz.com/1121238/who-is-yuri-milner-the-russian-billio...
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/world/yuri-milner-facebook-twitter-russia.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/world/yuri-milner-faceboo...