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Facebook is profitable, yes. Most of people (edit: instead of most I said '99%' but that's not true so I updated) use FB from their browser going to facebook.co
by barredo 15y ago
Facebook is profitable, yes. Most of people (edit: instead of most I said '99%' but that's not true so I updated) use FB from their browser going to facebook.com (or searching facebook on Google and clicking the first link), while Twitter is used mostly in desktop/mobile apps.
It's a bit more difficult to develop a business model for Twitter than for Facebook, which is profitable with "just put ads on the right of everypage".
But: shouldn't a company as huge as FB be many times more profitable that they are right now? (400M$ in profits in 2010: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/goldman-unit-passed-on-earlier-facebook-investment/?src=twt&twt=nytimesdealbook http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/goldman-unit-passed-o... at a 75B$ valuation if I recall correctly).
Anyway, my point is Twitter & FB business models are not & i'd guess won't even be similar, and it'd difficult to compare them.
- leftnode 15y ago33% of Facebook traffic comes from mobile devices - http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics Facebook has a tremendous mobile foothold.
- barredo 15y agoOoops! Sorry, I pulled the 99% from my ass to make a point and I was not really meaning 'real 99%'. Sorry. I'll edit the post. Thanks for the correction.