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joshu on May 17, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Pinterest Raises $100 MM at $1.5Bn Valuation

versus 2006? i doubt it's more than double the number.

maybe it's the comfort level of the audience that helps with monetization?

waterlesscloud on May 17, 2012 [–]

Comfort level is a good point. I think a lot of that is directly attributable to Facebook, oddly enough.

I'm fairly certain Pinterest never would have taken off if most of their users didn't have a couple of years of Facebook under their belts.

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