tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post7707417122766582565..comments2024-03-22T03:35:27.752-04:00Comments on Written Inc.: #FacebookDown ... and the world holds its breathcarmilevyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360045114379957605noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-30651331492990235262014-08-02T13:28:49.050-04:002014-08-02T13:28:49.050-04:00I hadn't noticed the outage, but I probably on...I hadn't noticed the outage, but I probably only glance at FB occasionally in any case. <br /><br />I'm guessing that the Price/Earnings to Growth of Facebook will eventually catch up with it and we'll see it dive. Buying up competitors (e.g. Whatsapp) at premium prices seems a strangely defensive bizdev strategy. <br /><br />Google and Amazon seem somehow more intelligent with their more diverse moves, even if one doesn't always agree with what is happening to the social market space.rashbrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138427049001650099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-51512824770076133352014-08-01T18:36:46.813-04:002014-08-01T18:36:46.813-04:00Good question, Dan, but I doubt those rumours will...Good question, Dan, but I doubt those rumours will ever go anywhere. While many web services companies offer higher-spec paid versions of their typically free services - example, Google - I don't see such an arrangement flying for social media outfits like Facebook.<br /><br />It's one thing to offer business users a higher tier of storage or access - a la corporate Gmail and Google Apps - but social media is a different beast. Lots of rumours out there in Facebookland, but little evidence that the company would ever introduce something along those lines. Its model was, is and always will be largely advertising-based. Subscriptions aren't in FB's DNA.carmilevyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00360045114379957605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-33437898582322627862014-08-01T15:41:00.783-04:002014-08-01T15:41:00.783-04:00Do you think this will lead to more rumours about ...Do you think this will lead to more rumours about FB offering a pay version of its service?Dan Brownhttp://lfpress.comnoreply@blogger.com