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> I don’t see why any of the big tech companies will turn in outrageously bad numbers this quarter. Really? You don’t see why FB may post a decline in users, a

> I don’t see why any of the big tech companies will turn in outrageously bad numbers this quarter. Really? You don’t see why FB may post a decline in users, after all the pushback they’re getting? Why Twitter might enter a spiral soon? These just seem impossible to you? The rest of your comment seems like what people could easily have said in September of 1929. Not saying a crash like that is coming, but it literally means nothing that things are doing well today, it’s about whether the trajectory we’re on is sustainable in the long-term.

htormey 9y ago
“Really? You don’t see why FB may post a decline in users, after all the pushback they’re getting? Why Twitter might enter a spiral soon? These just seem impossible to you?” Not really sadly. I’ve been monitoring the App Store rankings through out all of the recent scandals. The only time the top 10 changed recently was due to March madness and that golf tournament thing. The main apps in the top 5 have remained social right through out. Even in the social category, I didn’t see signal or any privacy related apps make it into the top 50. I also bet that large portions of the public don’t even know Facebook own Instagram and it’s growing like crazy. Same with WhatsApp. I can also see a scenario where any regulation that does occur, short of breaking up Facebook or google, benefits the incumbents. I don’t think they are gonna be broken up in the USA anyway due to the way anti trust law is written.