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mk  ·  4518 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Facebook: The stockmarket has lost no time in unfriending the social network
I think Facebook should start buying things that make money before they don't have any to spend.




JakobVirgil  ·  4518 days ago  ·  link  ·  
this exactly.

I think Google is a bit scared too Internet Advertising just does not work well. That is way in the next few year they will look more like Time-warner Cable than a search company.

mk  ·  4518 days ago  ·  link  ·  
    I think Google is a bit scared too Internet Advertising just does not work well.

Well, Google at least has the advantage that people go there to look for things. Sometimes these things can be bought. I never go to Facebook to look for something that can be bought.

You know, the thought just came to my mind: Women's magazines are about 90% ads, but the ads are pretty. I wonder if you could make a site that was 90% pretty ads. Hell, make it 100% ads...

JakobVirgil  ·  4518 days ago  ·  link  ·  
pintrest, is essentially a women's magazine.
mk  ·  4517 days ago  ·  link  ·  
You are right. It is mostly eye-candy. But I don't think people care if the images are commercial or not. In that sense, I think Pinterest might be missing out.
JakobVirgil  ·  4517 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Although the images on pintrest are links people normally repin them without clicking. unless it is a recipe.

If anyone wants to follow me on it. http://pinterest.com/jakob_virgil/

user-inactivated  ·  4518 days ago  ·  link  ·  
    Hell, make it 100% ads...

You mean like Hollywood movies?

lessismore  ·  4518 days ago  ·  link  ·  
They could look on the bright side of things with their stock crash. They just got a huge "discount" on the Instagram purchase. :P