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by marc__1 2145 days ago
Technically Microsoft owned 1.6% shares before Facebook's IPO, and last information I could get it had sold 20% of the proceeds post-IPO in 2012, so they are somewhat involved in social media.

[1] https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-offloads-20-percent-...

2 comments

Yeah, you're right. That investment means they are somewhat involved in social media.
At 1% (minus 20% of that too) it's basically meaningless