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no one forces people to use snapchat. people use it because it adds value. maybe it's not better than AIM or whatever, but it is still valuable.

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Considering AIM just got shut down, that's a rather poor long term outlook.

Which I think is the point. To be a new billion dollar company (vs pump and dump) you need to either make 100's of millions in profit for a few short, but profitable years. Or, have steady profits and steady growth over a very long time scale.