So many ads… Edit: but it’s so apt. What that valuation is actually showing you is the value of sitting in between people looking for things and people lookin

So many ads… Edit: but it’s so apt. What that valuation is actually showing you is the value of sitting in between people looking for things and people looking to sell things to people looking for things, and turning that position into an ads engine increasingly at the expense of enabling people to find what they are looking for. The valuation goes up to the extent ads are prioritized over just getting out of the way and giving people what they are looking for.