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Mar 28 2006, 01:54 PM
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QUOTE BusinessWeek reports that Facebook has turned down an offer for $750 million and is looking for 2 billion dollars. The article speculates that one possible suitor would be Viacom. From the article: 'A Facebook deal would help Viacom founder and Executive Chairman Sumner Redstone fend off a growing challenge from News Corp. The media conglomerate run by Rupert Murdoch has poured enormous resources into the Internet during the last year. It acquired social-networking pioneer MySpace.com last year for $580 million. http://slashdot.org/articles/06/03/28/1453250.shtml http://www.businessweek.com/technology/con...0327_215976.htm They want 2 billion dollars?! AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA HAHAHAHHAHAHAH |
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Mar 28 2006, 02:19 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
business.com - just the domain name
sold for 2 billion at least 5 years ago sounds outrageous but its not -------------------- Little monkeys making money
Naked monkey looking funny Mighty males are strong and free Female monkey, not so lucky Rocking monkeys, funky monkeys Monkeys sticking other monkeys Monkeys wrong or monkeys right Mostly flexing monkey might |
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Mar 28 2006, 02:22 PM
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![]() New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
anyone have 2 billion dollars that I can borrow? I smell an investment opportunity.
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Mar 28 2006, 02:27 PM
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![]() fuck you! Group: Members Posts: 641 Joined: 22-February 06 From: fuck you! Member No.: 19 |
i hope they shut it down, just to ruin everyones life
-------------------- only here to talk sports occationally
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Mar 28 2006, 02:32 PM
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![]() New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (Throwdown @ Mar 28 2006, 02:27 PM) i hope they shut it down, just to ruin everyones life that would mean no more Hank the Cowdog on facebook. That would make me sad. |
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Mar 28 2006, 02:38 PM
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![]() GORILLA FLUFFER Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
QUOTE (Jessica @ Mar 28 2006, 02:32 PM) that would mean no more Hank the Cowdog on facebook. That would make me sad. you still have his beastiality porn sites the internet is not yet deprived of Hank -------------------- |
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Mar 28 2006, 03:17 PM
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business.com for 2 billion i can understand
facebook is worth 1 billion at best, not 2 billion |
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Mar 28 2006, 03:49 PM
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![]() Group: Members Posts: 180 Joined: 23-February 06 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 37 |
I doubt they're actually expecting to get a $2 billion offer. They're probably just doing it to attract an offer better than the $750,000,000 one. I predict they'll get one, too.
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Mar 29 2006, 01:02 AM
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![]() Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
i'll give em $5 and a semen sample
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Mar 29 2006, 01:02 AM
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![]() Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
p.s.
i would have taken the $750M -------------------- |
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Mar 29 2006, 09:27 AM
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![]() Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (Lancifer @ Mar 28 2006, 03:17 PM) business.com for 2 billion i can understand facebook is worth 1 billion at best, not 2 billion haha what business method did you use to determine this? |
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Mar 29 2006, 09:37 AM
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QUOTE (impala454 @ Mar 29 2006, 09:27 AM) haha what business method did you use to determine this? well, myself and others could program and reproduce the facebook code in less than one month for 10k the thing that makes facebook worth 750 million to 1 billion dollars is it's huge base of millions of people in the 18-25 age range this range is the hardest for advertisers to reach, and having a website that millions of people in this age group visit at least once a day is worth 1 billion to advertisers not to mention that as new kids go to college the facebook base automatically renews itself, it's every advertisers wet dream you're not thinking about this from a business perspective 1 billion i can understand, 2 billion is ridiculous |
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Mar 29 2006, 09:58 AM
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![]() Group: Admin Posts: 3,403 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
QUOTE (Lancifer @ Mar 29 2006, 09:37 AM) well, myself and others could program and reproduce the facebook code in less than one month for 10k the thing that makes facebook worth 750 million to 1 billion dollars is it's huge base of millions of people in the 18-25 age range this range is the hardest for advertisers to reach, and having a website that millions of people in this age group visit at least once a day is worth 1 billion to advertisers not to mention that as new kids go to college the facebook base automatically renews itself, it's every advertisers wet dream you're not thinking about this from a business perspective 1 billion i can understand, 2 billion is ridiculous I think it comes down to Facebook thinking that they will make $2 billion dollars in the next five years from advertising alone. They want that money now and want others to wait out the long-term profits. Yes, the code is easy to reproduce but look at their user base. They have most of college America using it and soon most high school students will have an account. It's more structured than MySpace and actually has a better "social" aspect if you ask me. Is $2 billion unreasonable? Probably. Is it likely that they'll get it? Yes. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Mar 29 2006, 10:01 AM
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![]() Group: Members Posts: 5,275 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 2 |
you quoted me but i guess you didn't read what i wrote because you just re-wrote what i wrote
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Mar 29 2006, 10:05 AM
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![]() Group: Admin Posts: 3,403 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
QUOTE (Lancifer @ Mar 29 2006, 10:01 AM) you quoted me but i guess you didn't read what i wrote because you just re-wrote what i wrote Emphasizing -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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