I have a fake account (with fake name and personal information) primarily for playing farmville (stupid enough but a good time killer) and I was able to add many "friends" I know nothing about. The funny thing is that the games usually want to sell virtual "cash" to you for real money. I guess there are people who are dumb enough or just too lazy to work their levels up. There are ads too, based on the information you supplied to facebook. My fake avatar is female of age 23, all ads that I see are fashion stuff, haha .
The value of a company is determined by its future revenue/profit potential, not current revenue. Why is the future potential of Facebook so well regarded then? Besides the obvious size and dominance, and the very efficient distribution of ads as one posting above showed, it's the enormous amount of behavior data it holds about the users. Say only half of the users are real (real location, real age, gender, real friends etc), that's more than 250 million. If you are a dedicated Facebook user (numerous Americans are), it's safe to say that they could know better about many aspects of you than you know about yourself. Where else can you get detailed marketing data about so many people that you can target accurately at the individual level? Maybe Google is the only competitor, and Google's value precisely shows that. Of course there's no sure bet given the fast changing technology and human behaviors, remember how much value the market put on Yahoo, AOL, Netscape 10 years ago? Where are they now?
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1. Advertising revenue (have u guys ever realized that company like Starbucks posted there?) Trust me,they do charge for a business account n each ads cost $$$$. 2. Sell target population to consulting firms 3. Guys, do you really believe their zodiac questionnaires r goal 4 nothing?
净赚1B+/yr, dude, are you FUCKEN kidding me? I don't even believe they have a penny of profit right now. Revenue, is, different, from, profit. Understan?
【在 s******r 的大作中提到】 : I have a fake account (with fake name and personal information) primarily : for playing farmville (stupid enough but a good time killer) and I was able : to add many "friends" I know nothing about. The funny thing is that the : games usually want to sell virtual "cash" to you for real money. I guess : there are people who are dumb enough or just too lazy to work their levels : up. There are ads too, based on the information you supplied to facebook. My : fake avatar is female of age 23, all ads that I see are fashion stuff, haha : .
【在 b***e 的大作中提到】 : 净赚1B+/yr, dude, are you FUCKEN kidding me? I don't even believe they : have a penny of profit right now. : Revenue, : is, : different, : from, : profit. : Understan?