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by jsprogrammer 3859 days ago
When FB bought WhatsApp, they estimated that the user base only had a useful life of seven years.

That was one or two years ago now and I'm not sure if the estimate has been updated, but it would seem FB is running out of time to convert the user base.
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askafriend 3859 days ago
Do you have a source for your claims?
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jsprogrammer 3859 days ago
FB's SEC filings.

I can pull the link for you tomorrow.

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jsprogrammer 3858 days ago
Here you go: http://investor.fb.com/secfiling.cfm?filingid=1326801-14-47&...

The claim is made at about 95% of the way through that document.

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