[wtf]

the next google

[jjgold]

no

facebook is no google..has no room for growth

[mathdotcom]

Every big name IPO like this starts off like a rocket and then drops 2 days later

So wait 2 days

or better yet dont buy at all

facebook has lost all its steam. already 90% do not even log in more than once a week.

[ebbearsfb1]

I wouldn't trust it.. better options... wonder what its gonna open at?

[k13]

100 billion market value what a joke....

10-20-30 years it won't even exist.

More people deleting accounts now than adding. There's little room left for growth.

Supposedly they did have ~$4 billion revenue last year.

Google is a company that will try to control the world, Facebook is just a fad like myspace that will be left behind as soon as a better "version" comes along.

[k13]

I wouldn't trust it.. better options... wonder what its gonna open at?

$35-$40 are the estimates.

[Iced]

I hope Timeline destroys Facebook so I have an excuse to finally deactivate my profile.

[Dallas79]

i will be short...

[King Mayan]

^ IceDancer the Facebook phag.

[k13]

I remember when Google came out and everyone wanted to short it because it was overpriced.....

[jjgold]

Every big name IPO like this starts off like a rocket and then drops 2 days later

So wait 2 days

or better yet dont buy at all

facebook has lost all its steam. already 90% do not even log in more than once a week.

[d2bets]

Timeline blows. But Facebook does have loads of eyeballs. People spend boatloads of time on Facebook pages. Not the easiest to monetize though. Think the valuation is a bit overdone. $50-60 billion looks about right. Not $100 billion.

To say they won't be around in 10 years is likely wrong though. Facebook is not Myspace. Myspace never made it past teenagers. Grandparents are on Facebook now.

[d2bets]

Google opened in the $80s I remember when it happened.

Facebook posted 1.5bill PROFIT last year. I have set aside $2,200 at which I'll but Facebook stock when it opens and see what happens

What price are you looking at?

[lemart5]

I already own shares through secondmarket.com I got in at $28

[d2bets]

I wonder if Zuckerberg will be the richest American within the next 5-10 years. Wouldn't surprise me. At least he's shown a willingness to live like a relatively normal human while giving a lot of it away. Mega-rich who hoard and have 10 homes in 5 countries and 800 automobiles, are nauseating.

[lemart5]

i will be short...

You will be paying 60% just to find the stock to short.

[d2bets]

60 is the max I will pay out the gate I think. From what I heard the 40-50 range is more likely

What does $60 translate to market cap? How many shares?

[d2bets]

Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon own the internet.

[lemart5]

TD and Schwab should have shares available before the Ipo .TD partners with Morgan Stanley ,and Schwab is partnered with Goldman.

[Chi_archie]

I'll never forget those apple stock picks that Iwin was throwing out years ago. Guy knows his stuff

[muldoon]

already 90% do not even log in more than once a week.

Where do you get your stats from? Facebook considers an "active" user as someone who logs in at least once a month. Of the 800 million active users, a full 400 million log in at least once a day.

20 million apps a day get installed.

[sickler]

I'm boycotting Facebook

[InTheDrink]

For those who think Facebook will be around for a long time, you probably think so because we aren't the average user...not even close

Google tried to improve upon fb by making a fb/twitter hybrid with + and that's failing. The reason why a better product isn't succeeding is because everyone is already at Facebook. When fb started getting parents and grandparents that was the end. It will take a generation for anything to replace it.

[benjy]

I won't be buying as I have difficulty seeing how they will monetize their user base without pissing them off so much they leave in droves.

That said, I thought the same thing about Google.

[Salmon Steak]

Many younger people moving to Twitter for privacy reasons.

[ttwarrior1]

timeline is facebook's downfall

[milkncereal]

For as many american that gets upset over facebook for privacy issues/too many farmville bs/bored/etc there is 10 new accounts being open somewhere else in the world. I 100% gueesed on that number, but when traveling you realize that facebook is a status buider for young adults in third world countries.

They can grow a lot more.

I remember when people asked how google would make a lot of money and grow when they were just a simple search engine lol.

[TR88]

stocks

real professionals gamble on sports

[k13]

For those who think Facebook will be around for a long time, you probably think so because we aren't the average user...not even close

Google tried to improve upon fb by making a fb/twitter hybrid with + and that's failing. The reason why a better product isn't succeeding is because everyone is already at Facebook. When fb started getting parents and grandparents that was the end. It will take a generation for anything to replace it.

Google + is at 10% facebook. Very hard for someone to take over an established user base like this.

The only hope they have is everything being integrated with gmail/google/youtube/android/etc.
Since everything is going thru mobile these days.

If they wanted to be a big bitch, just ban any youtube being used on facebook and only allow it on Google +.

Facebook looks very 2007 and needs an overhaul.

[Hawkeye2011]

I think Facebook has reached its peak but it is definitely no Myspace.....