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His example is a bit trollish but his point is valid. The amount of people who use something doesn't make it valuable. The only reason I would take a job at Fac
by dclaysmith 16y ago
His example is a bit trollish but his point is valid. The amount of people who use something doesn't make it valuable. The only reason I would take a job at Facebook would be because it's pre-IPO and because you'd get to tackle some pretty unique technical issues (scaling/social graph).
- kristiandupont 16y agoHow do you define value then? Is something only really valuable if it, say, saves lives?
- nirajr 16y agoAsk Facebook users how many of them would be fine with paying a dollar every month to use it if its easy to make the payment. You will get a good idea of its value.
- grovulent 16y agoThe commonsense oracle agrees: http://commonsenseoracle.com/2010/10/the-value-of-facebook-is-a-function-solely-of-human-demand-and-nothing-besides/ http://commonsenseoracle.com/2010/10/the-value-of-facebook-i...