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Re:Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus ... by higherpurpose on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @06:13PM (#7267306)
And how many decades will Facebook need to make that money from its users? How many decades will it need to make it from Whatsapp?
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Re:Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus ... by alex_young on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @06:27PM (#7267406)
Facebook made $2.14 / user in Q4 2013 [0]. That means they need more than 26 years to return that value.

Or they need to find a way to increase revenue greatly without alienating users too much...

[0] http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/AMDA-NJ5DZ/2971107785... (page 12)

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