> The same goes for now. There is no metric by which Whatsapp is worth 19B, except for the fact that Facebook can spend that much money. I think it is just too

> The same goes for now. There is no metric by which Whatsapp is worth 19B, except for the fact that Facebook can spend that much money. I think it is just too easy to say things like this. Number one, how can anyone know this? Number two, if not 19B then what? 18B? 5B? 500M? What? Was it overvalued by 2x or, like, 10x? If it was too much, then how much too much?