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As the Facebook stock price has gone, many predicted it would fall initially and it has. I would never have invested it in up front from the perspective of a "normal' per that sticks with mutual funds for the safety offered through diversified investments. If I was immensely wealthy (and the techie that I am) I might have invested a small portion in it, feeling certain the value would rise above the IPO in the not-to distant future.

But will Facebook succeed in the long haul? I don't believe it will the way Microsoft and Google has, especially in its current form. And if it transforms into a profitable empire the way other Tech companies has, I'm certain it will be considerably different than the Facebook we know today.

As a user of their current services, I like how I can follow and keep up with distant friends and relatives, and post updates on myself, including a lot of my work.

As an every-day Joe investor. my money is in the hands of investments I know better and have more confidence in.
 
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maxwell_smart007 said:
I can't stand it - too much info, too much demand for time...

I am in the younger generation, but I don't buy into all the new technology and 'time wasters' :smile:
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I agree with TMI and not buying into the time wasters, however I'm all for spending a "small" portions of time to toot my horn for the free advertisement it offers.

And unfortunately, at 55, I don't think I qualify for the "younger generation" any more, even though I eat right and exercise to try and stay that way!
 
Not a fan.
People post too much drivel
"Waffles for breakfast, yum."
"Best day ever, i love my dog."
Yawn....
 
I just wish FacePlace would hurry up and go into the either next to My Space, Rubik's Cube and all of the other broken Hula Hoops. They way we can move along to "the next big thing" a little sooner.
 
We are having our 50th high school reunion this year and it has been a great way for people to get in touch before then. I started a page just for our class.
On the other hand our subdivision has a page and it has become a place where the local wannabe's seem to think they are top dog.
Works both ways.

Lee
 
I personally can't stand facebook, so I don't have a 'personal' page. However, it's a must have as part of an online presence for a business. If one does not have a facebook page, at minimum there needs to be a 'facebook like' option on their website. Not only does the majority of people use facebook and other social media but google monitors if your site/business is mentioned and uses this as a factor on how you are listed in the search engine.

The new 'big' thing is 'Pinterest'. Easy enough to find a plugin for the popular CMS programs to get this live on your sites. Then 'pin' up all your pen images.
 
I think FB has gotten too big for it's own good. Now that it is public there will be more emphasis put on making money which will inevitably hurt it. You're going to be bombarded with ads, which is their primary revenue source. The more annoyed you get the more likely you'll go elsewhere. They admit their mistake of not having ads on mobile apps as this bypasses their revenue source. I'd bet by the end of this year mobile apps will be hit with ads, stock holders will demand it. I honestly don't see how this can survive even 10 more years.
 
I like facebook. I moved from NY to VA when I was about 12 and it was a way to find a bunch of people I knew up there. It is like a relationship the first couple weeks it is fresh and exciting, then they are in the list of people you hardly do anything with.

I hate facebook. So much drama. And it is not just from teen aged girls. I really don't care how you and someone get together, a week later you are moving in together, a week later you are engaged and then the following week you have broken up, then you spend 3 months badmouthing that person.....
 
I have an account using one email address, I am now inundated with spam. I go on my account and find have have a good friend which is fine but now I have his friend's friend, friend's friend and on and on until it's like have a great great great great great great great great friend. I don't use the account in fact I will probably get rid of soon. I am president of our Church Council and everybody is ticked because I don't use Face Book although the Church has an account. I toot on occasion but never tweet. I have been embarrassed on occasion by some Friends and family on what they put on wall. Maybe at almost 70 I am to old for this stuff, I certainly don't need it. Zuckerberg has a very pretty and intelligent wife. The way FB stock has gone shows alot about that particular media craze. As most of my friends are my age or close to it we have two ways to communicate Email/pm and a very old fasioned and unique way. The Telphone or even a cell for those of us who have on. Most of us find it difficult if not impossible to text as our finger don't work to good and phone keyboards. Some time only one inger on each had works, but it is good for sending messages.
 
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