BackerMan Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Hottest tech rumor of the day: Microsoft is in talks to buy a chunk of Facebook. Reports indicate Microsoft may spend between $300-million and $500-million to buy 5 per cent of the popular fake-friend aggregation site. That means that the projected value of Facebook is more than 10 billion dollars. Not bad for a website/network without an appreciable revenue stream. Facebook has more than 52 million monthly users, and is second only to MySpace, although analysts report that Facebook is growing faster than MySpace. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070925.wrfacebook25/BNStory/Technology/home?cid=al_gam_mostemail If Microsoft buy Facebook, would you dump myspace for facebook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razzleson Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 I've already dumped MySpace, it's gotten to the point where if I go more than an hour or two without being online, I've already gotten 10 spam messages/requests on MySpace. Plus, Facebook is a lot more local. It's easier to meet people from your business/school. Facebook > MySpace EDIT: Plus FB has a great classifieds section, textbooks are easy as hell to find and they're crazy cheap. Some of the books were a 1/5th of the used price for my campus bookstore. Sure it's no Craig's List, but it's pretty good for a social network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenPandas Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 I've started the transition to FaceBook already, and I like it way more than myspace. Like Razz said, its easy to network with people in your area in school unlike myspace. And as far as I've noticed, alot less, if at all, spam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honkymagoo Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 I dumped Myspace awhile ago for Facebook but if M$ buy part of it FB is going to become a steaming pile of shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingX2 Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 I've dumped myspace a bit ago, I only used it to talk to buddies in iraq who'd post occasional messages. I had once been signed up for facebook before it took the direction it looks today. Its a much better site than myspace and what facebook used to be. Also gotta love the video games application Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frantic Killer4 Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 yea myspace is gay!!! everyone leaves those bullentins where there like you will die if not replyed. there so stupid!!! <<(i still do them though just incase:woop:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatisticZ Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 yea myspace is gay!!! everyone leaves those bullentins where there like you will die if not replyed. there so stupid!!! <<(i still do them though just incase:woop:) ^lol, I still use myspace. But, I may switch over soon to Facebook if I find people I know, some how my myspace account got phished, and I never even clicked on one of them fake ads that get spammed on everyones page. Shit's retarded, my friend left me a comment on mine, saying he appreciated the comment but he didn't want a macy's giftcard. Then I saw I posted it on like 3 others too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vista Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Facebook definitely stops the spamming and chain messages... Plus you can meet more people you know and people actually use their real name... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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