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Re:The Facebook Fallacy by te_chris on Saturday July 21, 2012 @03:46AM (#4274278)
I'm pretty sure he wasn't predicting a demise, just margins that won't be as sexy.
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Re:The Facebook Fallacy by michaelt on Saturday July 21, 2012 @08:56AM (#4274680)
Well, the first line of the article is

> Facebook not only is on course to go bust but will take the rest of the ad-supported Web with it.

Perhaps that's just a juicy opening line to draw people in to the article - but it sure sounds like predicting a demise to me.

Some of the things the article says are reasonable - but I wouldn't bet a dollar on facebook going bust and taking the entire ad-supported web with it.

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Re:The Facebook Fallacy by jacques_chester on Saturday July 21, 2012 @09:44AM (#4274754)
> it sure sounds like predicting a demise to me.

He is. Of Facebook.

Facebook is not cheap to run. If revenues fall and costs do not ...

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