[tyre]

Just $6-$7 isn't a lot, until you multiply by 300 million and realize that they aren't worth $6 each.

$2bn is absolutely material. If their growth is predicated on setting money on fire, future forecasting has to take that into account. Sure, it is a sunk cost, but unless the fundamentals of acquisition have changed then their valuation is not nearly as high.

And the the fundamentals of acquisition have changed. Unfortunately, in the wrong direction.

[coke12]

Facebook's quarterly net income is in the ballpark of $1 billion. $2B is a reasonable amount of money for a social media monopoly.