> Based on Facebook’s continued importance to advertisers, its growing user figures across its many platforms, its solid valuation picture, and strong earnings trends, Facebook looks like it might be a stock worth buying before it reports its Q2 financial results after market close on Wednesday, July 25.
Oops. But now it's on sale, 25% off! So now, Facebook looks like it might be a stock worth buying after it has reported Q2 financial results after market close on Wednesday, July 25.
> There are barely more people checking Facebook every day compared to previous quarter. Even worse, Facebook’s user base shrank in Europe. Facebook is still growing, but it’s clear that GDPR combined with a saturated market aren’t helping the company.
Facebook is running some desperate ads to try to compensate for this. Literally: "Join Facebook, it's FREE! 2 billion people already have!"
Facebook, Inc. - the company behind the stock - is more than just Facebook.com. They also run Instagram, which is doing great and WhatsApp which still has huge potential as wel
Facebook, Inc. - the company behind the stock - is more than just Facebook.com. They also run Instagram, which is doing great and WhatsApp which still has huge potential as wel [sic]
What are you getting at? Facebook, Inc. itself is obviously worried about Facebook.com fading, and is not content to rely on Instagram and WhatsApp for its future. If it was, it'd rebrand itself as Instagram, Inc. and maybe sell off Facebook.com to a private equity fund for disposal. These ads confirm its anxiety.
It doesn't really make any sense that FB stock should be dropping that much based on slower user growth and revenue.
The main risks to social networks have to do with network topology. If the network starts getting hollowed out then the mathematics show that social networks can implode even faster than they can grow. But user growth isn't a good predictor of that, growth can be flat and then just start accelerating again; this already happened with FB before around ten years ago.
There is a less well known news coming out recently. Due to a legal case in Washington state, Facebook agrees to not to prevent customers to receive AD based on ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation.
This is mostly making targeting ad illegal and hurt the fundamental revenue model of FB.
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[ 2.5 ms ] story [ 43.6 ms ] thread> Based on Facebook’s continued importance to advertisers, its growing user figures across its many platforms, its solid valuation picture, and strong earnings trends, Facebook looks like it might be a stock worth buying before it reports its Q2 financial results after market close on Wednesday, July 25.
Facebook is running some desperate ads to try to compensate for this. Literally: "Join Facebook, it's FREE! 2 billion people already have!"
What are you getting at? Facebook, Inc. itself is obviously worried about Facebook.com fading, and is not content to rely on Instagram and WhatsApp for its future. If it was, it'd rebrand itself as Instagram, Inc. and maybe sell off Facebook.com to a private equity fund for disposal. These ads confirm its anxiety.
https://media.wired.com/photos/5ae2367a7e275409d957991e/mast...
The main risks to social networks have to do with network topology. If the network starts getting hollowed out then the mathematics show that social networks can implode even faster than they can grow. But user growth isn't a good predictor of that, growth can be flat and then just start accelerating again; this already happened with FB before around ten years ago.
Yes, investors and stock holders are typically the most rational people who never panic.
It also doesn't make sense to hold on to stock if you think this is the beginning of a long, slow decline.
This is mostly making targeting ad illegal and hurt the fundamental revenue model of FB.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-24/facebook-...