Facebook Freeing 60% More Shares Seen Weighing on Stock

Ahhhhh, in for the post and run.

Does this guy think none of us actually check out the actual news pages?

Heavy activity this morning but the last few hours have been about average in terms of volume activity.

down nearly 50% since IPO, and these aren't even the bulk of the "locked" shares

From the view of a person that isn't an experienced stock market investor, I would say that FB looks like a solid stock with lots of potential which inflated that IPO.

Sure, FB is extremely popular and basically the standard for social networking, but one really has to question it's staying power. Google is releasing Google+, and although I agree that it is not there yet and may never be, competition will be coming.

Also, the owner is an idiot who keeps changing stuff that people like. This could be a proactive move, but many times in the past these changes have caused big issues with privacy as everyones accounts have been exposed to the world.

A lot of pennies are depending on FB to come back so they can come back as well.

If they don’t have earned income, don’t buy their stock!

"It's a stock about nothing" - Didn't anyone learn from the dot com bubble? These companies have NO products. Anyone that invests and loses deserves it. This is not a long-term stock, it is a hit and run stock or maybe something to short.

Quote from mikve : If they don’t have earned income, don’t buy their stock!

I'm not familiar with the dollar figures that are involved with major web sites that survive off advertising. To me, the advertising that is involved through facebook is minimal, which is probably a bad thing.

When you are using a free service, you probably should be inconvenienced slightly for the use. That is what youtube does with these 30 second commercials before videos. Even though it is paid, that is why news web sites have those middle pages where it says "click to continue."

The only FB ads I ever remember seeing were spam ones about local singles that I never paid attention to. I haven't downloaded any of the apps or played any of the games since like 2004 though. I didn't like the idea of installing something on my computer that could be laced with anything.

Is that where most of the advertising comes from?

Quote from mikve : If they don’t have earned income, don’t buy their stock!

Nonsense. I don't give a rats ass if they make a quadrillion or if they lose that much. You can make money in any market as long as it's moving - ask Zuck and his buddies who played the spread and banked on it as well as the bankers who take the cut. Is it moral? No. But this market is well into "who gives a shit" territory where complacency and greed can run further and harder than anyone can immagine. Play it right, exploit it, bank coin....until the day the music stops.

That said, I'd be long here at least to fill the gap at $26. That's a $30 return on risking $100.

Does anyone else feel like Facebook is on it's way out? I'm not just saying this because of recent IPO/stock $ news, but myself and other people I know have talked about it a few months before the ipo talks. I'm in the age group that grew up with FB and Myspace from the beginnings and FB feels now how Myspace felt when it was about to start sucking... Anyone else feel the same way?

Quote from GeTinThere007 : Does anyone else feel like Facebook is on it's way out? I'm not just saying this because of recent IPO/stock $ news, but myself and other people I know have talked about it a few months before the ipo talks. I'm in the age group that grew up with FB and Myspace from the beginnings and FB feels now how Myspace felt when it was about to start sucking... Anyone else feel the same way?

Well, I've always thought Facebook sucked, so....

Quote from Deusxmachina : Well, I've always thought Facebook sucked, so....

haha, come on down off your horse and join the rest of us

Quote from GeTinThere007 : Does anyone else feel like Facebook is on it's way out? I'm not just saying this because of recent IPO/stock $ news, but myself and other people I know have talked about it a few months before the ipo talks. I'm in the age group that grew up with FB and Myspace from the beginnings and FB feels now how Myspace felt when it was about to start sucking... Anyone else feel the same way?

So what's the next new thing? Twitter?

I don't think FB is on its way out.

Yeah, I think it's twitter. Seems like i'm noticing a subtle exodus at least with people in my network, which is a wide variety of college age to late 20's.