This is funny, but at the same time, I don't think turning it down was so crazy. The founders already got to take $10MM off the table, so anything they do now is fairly risk free. Might as well shoot for the stars. As a platform, I think it's much more interesting than FB. FB updates are more of an announcement (that I scroll through thinking "don't care"), while snapchats are like playful messages than make you feel like someone is saying "hey" without an agenda.
I for one would certainly feel schadenfreude if SnapChat becomes Digg 2.0, spurning a heck of an offer and then losing steam and becoming the redheaded stepchild of startups. $3billion is a heck of a price for a company that is super popular but has little to no lock in.
It's only worth $3 billion because there are three major competing social networks (Google, Twitter and Facebook) and Facebook doesn't need it, but doesn't want either Twitter or Facebook to have it.
I can't even imagine what companies like Tencent think they'll get out of acquiring SnapChat.
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I for one would certainly feel schadenfreude if SnapChat becomes Digg 2.0, spurning a heck of an offer and then losing steam and becoming the redheaded stepchild of startups. $3billion is a heck of a price for a company that is super popular but has little to no lock in.
It's only worth $3 billion because there are three major competing social networks (Google, Twitter and Facebook) and Facebook doesn't need it, but doesn't want either Twitter or Facebook to have it.
I can't even imagine what companies like Tencent think they'll get out of acquiring SnapChat.