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People who are saying stuff like patent doesn't mean anything as long as you have good community and network effect don't know what is going on here. Facebook o
by volaski 13y ago
People who are saying stuff like patent doesn't mean anything as long as you have good community and network effect don't know what is going on here. Facebook owns a patent for activity feed. Theoretically Facebook can sue Twitter once Twitter goes public. Although it's not likely going to happen and it will be settled somehow even if it does happen, it's still an important factor for investors.
- adventured 13y agoIf that were true, Facebook would have been better off destroying Twitter a long time ago. Not waiting until they pick up another $1.5 billion in cash to fight with and buy more patents with. Facebook doesn't have to wait for Twitter to go public. There's no benefit to waiting. Facebook would gain a lot more from killing Twitter (which is why they'd have sued years ago), than even if they won a billion dollars in a settlement via IPO cash. A billion dollars is meaningless to Facebook. What matters is owning social.
- volaski 13y agoWhat you say is all true. And what I say is true also. You're just talking from Facebook's point of view, and i'm talking from investors' point of view, which is what the article is talking about. As I also mentioned, it is unlikely that it will happen, but from an investor's point of view you cannot deny that it still is an existing risk. And I don't think it's nice to downvote someone else's comment just because you disagree