I already have a tendered offer on the table. Does flippa.com provide contracts outside of their ecosystem?

Also...not too keen on paying commission to a third party for a deal that has already been negotiated.

It's always good to be prepared. Because the plan is to be filthy rich in the near future, and singledom has its navigational hazards.

Many comments can be made on the actual state of surveillance in many democratic countries...

These commenters can only comment on their perception. After all, perception is reality.

Many Chinese think life is grand, no idea about the level of examination their lives have.

Let us live our own lives as if everyone knew.

I'm very libertarian (private life should be private). But karma knows no bounds.

Yet Porsche owned/owns 75% of VW. Do your research.

You've missed the point. btw, VW owns Porsche now- after Porsche's failed take-over attempt.

Let me know when Facebook has $2 CPCs across the board and I'll agree with this statement

Google has users. Facebook has watchers. What did Yahoo have?

Eyeballs?

Readers

Well stated argument, but I think Google (at present) is much more diverse a company product-wise, and way better at monetization in terms of screen real estate and multi-modal revenue streams. (infrastructure, ad networks, functional products, etc)

Virtual gifts aren't changing the world anytime soon.

At this valuation, I want to put money into SecondMarket stock, not Facebook.

Facebook is a great company, with tremendous prospects. Its growth curve is going to slow significantly, however.

The SEC may catch up with SecondMarket and plug the leak at any time and possibly quite soon.

What's the leak? They are a holding company and a member of FINRA. I'm genuinely interested in how you think the SEC might shut them down.

Besides, SecondMarket is growing fast in Europe and Asia too.. They trade stocks all over the world now, so it's not just one 'leak' that the SEC can plug.

This is exactly the sort of analysis I LOVE HN for!