[TY]

I think WHO is buying is just as important as WHAT is being bought.

Who knows what would happen to WhatsApp if Google bought it? Could it become one of Google's current chat apps that no one uses?

[rgbrenner]

When was the last time they bought a popular rapidly growing platform?

The last that I can remember was YouTube, and that turned out very well for youtube and google.

[pchristensen]

That was also 11 years ago, and only 2.5 yrs after Google's IPO.

[nextstep]

I think that was the point: Google almost bought Groupon

http://www.businessinsider.com/groupon-google-deal-turn-down...

[rtx]

I am waiting to run my ads on WhatsApp.