This is pretty shallow thinking. Facebook doesn't charge Facebook users for the service. Are they "losing money" because of that? Clearly not. Is there a way fo

This is pretty shallow thinking. Facebook doesn't charge Facebook users for the service. Are they "losing money" because of that? Clearly not. Is there a way for them to make money out of Bulletin without explicitly charging writers? Let me think.... Lots of companies run negative cashflows for years before positive. The oil and gas industry get's to categorize drilling expenses "capital expenditure" and run it through their financial statements over many years. Intel builds a factory and does the same thing. If you could (and it's a reasonable position) run direct sales expenses for recurring revenue, and all R&D, through your financials as capital expenditures depreciated over 10-15 years... poof.. many so called Silicon Valley money losers are running positive net income.