It's not fake, people actually trade privately held shares on there. Significant amounts of privately held facebook shares have been bought and sold there and h

It's not fake, people actually trade privately held shares on there. Significant amounts of privately held facebook shares have been bought and sold there and hence it's one of the sources of valuation. He is right to say so though. I don't know about SO being worth 8 or 9 figures, that's very comical. If you don't think so, then I have a one way first class ticket to reality that i'd like to sell you for $4,200.