Microsoft Seeks Out Stake in Facebook
Numerous reports indicate that Microsoft is looking to purchase a stake in Facebook and values the social networking site at roughly $10 billion. That's 5 times as much as Zuckerberg was originally rumored to have wanted to sell Facebook for in early 2006.
Forum members, particularly those at WebmasterWorld, are shocked that Microsoft has put such a high value on the social networking site.
So we're saying Facebook is worth $8billion... what a load of &*"!£$%^. That's more than some serious worthwhile businesses!
Actually, with many people using Facebook during work, the valuation might not be too far off. I happen to know a lot of Facebook addicts. Don't you?
Others aren't as enthusiastic that Microsoft will have access to all the user data.
Somewhere in this mess is a great truth that your personal data has value and that value will be squeezed out of it, lucky us.
Very true -- and very frightening.
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld and DigitalPoint Forums.
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Tamar Weinberg in Social Search at September 25, 2007 8:59 AM
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It's still up to the users to provide their informations when registering to and configuring their facebook profile. This is a social problem; most people don't realize their personal information is valuable and ignore that it might be used by 3rd parties at all!
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Posted by No Name at September 25, 2007 09:07