This is incredible news. Facebook is paying people to be a part of their platform. I thought it was supposed to work the other way around? edit: At the moment,

This is incredible news. Facebook is paying people to be a part of their platform. I thought it was supposed to work the other way around? edit: At the moment, Facebook seems to be valuable in the same way that Tommy Lee is a celebrity. It's not clear to me how Tommy Lee gained his popularity, and he's not really that interesting in the first place, but he remains popular by continuing to be Tommy Lee. Facebook's using its valuation to raise its valuation even when no actual new value is being created. If the platform were as awesome as everyone believes, Facebook wouldn't need to put their own money/reputation into funding people for it. But maybe I'm missing something.