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> Bold prediction: FB will try to acquire Reddit soon This would be bad on so many levels.
by crovalin17 8y ago
> Bold prediction: FB will try to acquire Reddit soon
This would be bad on so many levels.
- mbesto 8y agoNot for their investors who put in $200m and want a return. I use Reddit daily, but it's days are numbered. Having Facebook acquire them I think is it's only saving grace. I use the word "it" deliberately, because Reddit is now in the hands of its VCs.
- wild_preference 8y ago> and want a return Then it would be bad for them, too.
- mbesto 8y agoWhatsApp was an incredible success for its investors. Not so much for its acquirer. Look hard enough and you'll find M&A doesn't always pan out as expected, even at the $1B value range.
- brokenmachine 8y agoThey would get their return as the exodus begins.
- Angostura 8y ago> Having Facebook acquire them I think would be it's coup de grace Fixed that.