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by Kelliot 5140 days ago
I dabble in the UK markets (ftse 250+AIM)

I'd say no. There's massive hype and arguments going either way but for me two points stand out

1) FB total valuation compared to there income/profit is way way below what your getting at google. Google in my opinion is the closest comparable match.

2) 900M users to date. How many possible users do you think there are in the world? how much possible expansion and growth does that leave?

2.1) Are you willing to gamble china opening up 1-2 billion possible users to facebook?

Sorry its a scattered response, getting to the end of an 11 hour shift at work and im shot.

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WRT 2.1, more importantly can the Facebook platform serve those 1 billion in the same way that it serves the rest of the world? China has a very different culture from the US or Europe.