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Why does he think Facebook will survive? Given the lack of concern it has for its users it's more likely to be the next MySpace.

mikeyouse 12y ago
One billion MAUs.
- mikeryan 12y ago
  Here's a cool trend. 1.23billion MAU in Jan [1]. 800M MAU in March [2]. [1] http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2014/01/29/facebook-passes-1-23-billion-monthly-active-users-945-million-mobile-users-757-million-daily-users/ http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2014/01/29/facebook-passes-1-... [2] http://newsroom.fb.com/company-info/ http://newsroom.fb.com/company-info/ I have no idea if the trends are cyclical but to the parents point Facebook's active user numbers now may very well crash and burn as youthful users move to other platforms.
  - deleted 12y ago
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  - shawndrost 12y ago
    Correction: Link [1] claims 1.28B MAU in March (800M DAU).
msandford 12y ago
Agreed. When is a fad not a fad? I don't know. It might last 20 years from start to finish but I can't see them solving their core business problem which is they don't know how to make money any way other than ads and data collection. The pendulum is going to swing the other way eventually.
- mcintyre1994 12y ago
  Out of interest woild you say the same for Google or do you think they will diversify more successfully? I think their ad/data business is more robust - I feel like it benefits me and Facebook's doesn't, but if the problem is only using ads and data that's a problem Google share.
  - sparkzilla 12y ago
    The problem is that, unlike Google, Facebook is screwing its users to get advertisers. When the users leave the advertisers will follow.
  - msandford 12y ago
    Google has made giant piles of money that they are using to solve more and more problems re: organizing the world's information. Facebook is figuring out how to get people to upload more pictures? I guess there's Oculus and Instagram. I don't see Instagram as much more than chewing up a potential competitor. We'll see on Oculus. I am not saying that making a self-driving car or a book-scanning machine or any of that in any way guarantees that they will hit other big markets. But they're trying on a pretty grand scale. A VC who raises a fund and has some yearly burn rate for his operation will eventually go broke if he doesn't invest. Google definitely is investing. Facebook might be.

mikeyouse 12y ago

One billion MAUs.

mikeryan 12y ago
Here's a cool trend. 1.23billion MAU in Jan [1]. 800M MAU in March [2]. [1] http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2014/01/29/facebook-passes-1-23-billion-monthly-active-users-945-million-mobile-users-757-million-daily-users/ http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2014/01/29/facebook-passes-1-... [2] http://newsroom.fb.com/company-info/ http://newsroom.fb.com/company-info/ I have no idea if the trends are cyclical but to the parents point Facebook's active user numbers now may very well crash and burn as youthful users move to other platforms.
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- shawndrost 12y ago
  Correction: Link [1] claims 1.28B MAU in March (800M DAU).

msandford 12y ago

Agreed. When is a fad not a fad? I don't know. It might last 20 years from start to finish but I can't see them solving their core business problem which is they don't know how to make money any way other than ads and data collection. The pendulum is going to swing the other way eventually.

mcintyre1994 12y ago
Out of interest woild you say the same for Google or do you think they will diversify more successfully? I think their ad/data business is more robust - I feel like it benefits me and Facebook's doesn't, but if the problem is only using ads and data that's a problem Google share.
- sparkzilla 12y ago
  The problem is that, unlike Google, Facebook is screwing its users to get advertisers. When the users leave the advertisers will follow.
- msandford 12y ago
  Google has made giant piles of money that they are using to solve more and more problems re: organizing the world's information. Facebook is figuring out how to get people to upload more pictures? I guess there's Oculus and Instagram. I don't see Instagram as much more than chewing up a potential competitor. We'll see on Oculus. I am not saying that making a self-driving car or a book-scanning machine or any of that in any way guarantees that they will hit other big markets. But they're trying on a pretty grand scale. A VC who raises a fund and has some yearly burn rate for his operation will eventually go broke if he doesn't invest. Google definitely is investing. Facebook might be.