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Revenue missed expectations (even though it grew in absolute terms), and user growth has slowed down again, and that is making investors nervous.
by samspenc 8y ago
Revenue missed expectations (even though it grew in absolute terms), and user growth has slowed down again, and that is making investors nervous.
- tmalsburg2 8y agoWhen almost everyone is on Facebook, user growth just has to slow down -- basic math. User growth becomes meaningless as a metric and revenue per user is what matters then. What did investors expect? Indefinite linear or even exponential user growth?
- rainbowmverse 8y agoIt's obvious to anyone without a vested interest in Facebook growing forever. However, much of capitalist society is built on the assumption that growth will never end. Things start falling apart when that assumption inevitably proves wrong.
- cporios 8y agoIt hasn't just slowed down. MAU/DAUs in Europe have dropped compared to last quarter, and stayed flat in the US.