Comments on: Facebook gets a reality check on IPO day

By: ghunda

ghunda — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:53:57 +0000

The $100B+ valuation hardly seems a reality check to me. Reality checks would imply that something needs to change. Employees, founders, and investors are all hitting a marvelous payday. They’ll be doing more of the same. No reality checks here.

By: mike parsons

mike parsons — Sun, 20 May 2012 16:01:53 +0000

Facebook will be forced to make advertising more intrusive as their new shareholders demand a return on the IPO. Consumers may not be so happy with this tradeoff.

By: Avi

Avi — Sun, 20 May 2012 08:52:54 +0000

While many people are disappointed with FB IPO , in my humble opinion it will be a mistake to look at it in the short term. FB has tremendous potential and when it comes to social communication in the internet it is probably at the top with google and twitter. And it has a huge global footprint which will only grow. Two years from now , if FB is able to grow its revnue and monetize its user base , today’s hype will be justified. If it goes the other way then at least it was worth today’s price because of being at the top , even if it was just for a day. Google was the best until I logged into FB and got in touch with people I had lost touch with many years ago.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 19 May 2012 03:17:58 +0000

FB with market cap > $100B=reality?

By: Delbert Kim

Delbert Kim — Sat, 19 May 2012 02:55:33 +0000

I just have a hard time seeing Facebook monetize in ways that don’t turn off their users. GM shed light on a pressing issue with Facebook, in that, even their bread and butter advertising platform made possible by all the personal data mining, it still isn’t as relevant as a punch as the platforms of Google, Bing, etc.

With that said, Facebook is social media, so there is tremendous power in that. However, they are still such a young and relatively unproven company.

It’ll be interesting how this company unfolds in the next 5 years.

By: fipe

fipe — Sat, 19 May 2012 01:05:53 +0000

The 1st day of trading should be taken with a massive bucket of salt. That being said, good luck to them.

By: Zoe Alexander

Zoe Alexander — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:01:23 +0000

Wow! An immense number of shares! Not really that surprised by what happened on the 1st day of trading. I’m sure in the fullness of time shares will grow in value once the initial furore has been overcome.

By: nickp91

nickp91 — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:05:27 +0000

wow day for Facebook