Twitter goes public

[Mike]

TWTR: Summary for Twitter Inc.- Yahoo! Finance

Live Blogging Twitter’s IPO - MoneyBeat - WSJ

Twitter'sTWTR +76.73% highly anticipated trading debut is off and running.
The social-messaging platform opened at $45.10 on the New York Stock ExchangeNYX +0.07% Thursday morning, up 73% from the $26 initial public offering price. Twitter sports the biggest U.S. technology IPO since Facebook Inc.FB -3.05% went public 18 months ago.

 

[cheshire]

Man I don't know how these tech companies get these valuations. Twitter isn't even profitable but its worth $50b? Me thinks were in a bubble.

 

[productionhead]

 

[Jimmy Clayton]

Man I don't know how these tech companies get these valuations. Twitter isn't even profitable but its worth $50b? Me thinks were in a bubble.

Word...

 

[kumansk]

 

[Michael_]

Man I don't know how these tech companies get these valuations. Twitter isn't even profitable but its worth $50b? Me thinks were in a bubble.

People are still madly impressed by large user bases/traffic because they're ignorant.

1. Build platform that engages the entire online world.
2. Harvest user information through signups/profiles.
3. Don't bother monetizing, that comes last.
4. Go public upon reaching critical mass.
5. Profit.

 

[r3p1v]

bitcoin is also at 318

 

[productionhead]

bitcoin is also at 318

my first post to this thread was going to be "inb4 bitcoin"

always go with your gut

 

[dmnEPC]

inb4 page 6

 

[K-Noop]

This guy seems to leave out the fact that if there are never ads in stream, then guess what happens? No more twitter.

 

[r3p1v]

lol an analyst already downgraded the stock to sell

 

[mituozo]

Please can we have a debate about what value means again. That was a fun debate.

 

[Gambit]

Twitter is worth the money. Facebook is doing fine.

They aren't gonna fall off like Myspace any time soon. The internet is finally maturing, and Twitter and FB are only gonna get more integrated with our every day lives.

 

[liams]

For all it's trouble, Facebook is up 40% since it's IPO.

Twitter will be fine. Revenue growth is huge and profitability will come soon enough.

 

[kumansk]

dat awkward moment when snapchat, pinterest and tumblr try generating revenue

 

[Paper_Chase]

i'm in for a detailed mgrunin analysis

 

[guerilla]

For all it's trouble, Facebook is up 40% since it's IPO.

INB4 DCHUK

 

[greenleaves]

Anything with mass appeal works at a different level of economy than we do.

We are forced to search for profits.

Anything with true mass appeal will be worth a ton of money. Not because of advertising. But because the people who own the dollar printing press worry little about giving up fiat money in exchange for control and power over large segments of the population. You think the feds are going to let mass media go to their competitors like china for a fair value?

 

[CLKeenan]

They left a lot of money on the table by not setting their IPO higher. Facebook priced theirs just right.

 

[BigWill]

lol I think its funny when people buy ipo's on the first day. they do realize all the companies who bought the presale are just gaming them?