Some buzz going on at the moment about Facebooks float. I'd be cautious about that stock, I think it's close if not already peaked. Theres a lot of spam and shite on it these days its lost its original appeal imo. Now if I could get my hands on some of twitters stock i'd buy it by the bucket load, that'll be the richest company in the world soon enough imo
I wouldn't touch it myself at the moment. Could go up a bit early, but I reckon it will peak in no time. If you could figure out who will be the winner in trying to create an Instagram for video, you'd clean up.
The amount of advertising is ridiculous. Can't see half the comments on pics because something will pop up...and don't get me started on that Text Enhance.
The new way they are proposing to do advertising is a right intrusion on privacy. Mobile ads are very difficult to do due to the screen size. So this is what they are planning. You "like" a product, lets say Coca Cola. On mobile your avatar (or whatever you want to call it; your profile pic) would appear to others with a Coca Cola label in the background. In other words, they will use you, without your explicit permission, to advertise products. Facebook need to be careful, and grow according to what people want, not what Zuckerberg wants (though he claims the former). They have pretty much exhausted all forms of advertising revenue. They need a new way to make money. Still only a young company, so that is very possible. Once they figure out a way to legally sell customer data - they will be minted. You need to do any study or research involving people - buy the data from Facebook. Big Data, Data Science and Analytics will be big money over the coming years.
Sorry, of course, didn't mention that. But again that appears saturated. Zynga accounts for an astounding 12% of Facebooks revenue. The interesting thing is Facebook and Zynga have a very special relationship as well, as discovered through this IPO (which surely must annoy other game developers on the network).
If they start abusing anything on my profile for advertising purposes, I'd delete my account in the blink of an eye. To be honest I could easily live without it, and much prefer Twitter. I use Facebook predominantly for keeping in touch with emigrant friends. And even then, very sporadically
I think the Zuckerburg effect id driving the interesr, without him or the movie the hype wouldnt be there at all. Compare it to twitter, no hype at all and it's had one of the greatest impacts in media we've ever seen
So very true. So much so that journalism has turned into churnalism as stories are announced on social media first. The print media is dying.
Facebook will crash & burn pretty quckly imo - it's worth nowhere near the rumours that have been flying around! But the one thing going for it is the hype in the media - this missus asked me the other day what i thought of sticking a few quid into it Bought into Apple 2 years ago & got lucky with that so won't chance this one!
Been saying it for months Facebook is slowly dwindling in its users . Only this year it recorded it first loss of members . As mentioned above if I could get my hands on twitter shares that's the way I would be going .
I'm not on facebook so there is one avenue for growth In all seriousness though Africa and China must still offer massive opportunities. I'm sure its only a matter of time before China starts chilling out a touch and allowing a few billion people surf the web. In saying that I wouldn't put my money anywhere near it.
Thought this was a good article. Would agree with most of it. Is Facebook Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory? [MASHABLE]
Facebook‘s lackluster reception on Wall Street continued this morning, as shares fell sharply below its $38 IPO price in early morning trading. Facebook Plunges Below $38 IPO Price in Frenetic Trading