[pb7]

An acquisition in its infancy.

Acquisitions happen all the time and later get turned down when they don't flourish. Many stories get posted often with negative sentiment right here on HN.

[onlyrealcuzzo]

YouTube was one of the 10 most visited websites on the Internet when Google bought it (IIRC, #4)

[fortuna86]

With a completely underdeveloped ad business, unclear if it would ever produce any significant revenue. YouTube was purchased for 1b, they cleared 28b in revenue last year alone.