Is Zuckerberg Doing the Right Thing by Keeping Facebook Independent?
Goob’s post about how Google should buy Facebook got me thinking. Facebook really isn’t interested in a buyout. But should they be?
Many of the common complaints about Facebook these days stem from a simple problem of scalability:
- the site is slow
- applications spam me and FB hasn’t done anything about it
- FB is slow to respond to claims of harassment
- FB is hard to get a hold of
Is it possible that the company is overstretched? And if so, are the executives in charge really experienced enough business people to expand their team effectively?
I’m not necessarily advocating for a complete buyout here. But if I were in Mark Zuckerberg’s shoes, I would be a wee bit stressed out about putting together a team big enough to keep up with the site’s meteoric growth. A buyout — or at least a major partner — could help with those issues.
And in that sense, Goob is absolutely right. Google would be a great partner.
What do you think? Would Facebook be better able to serve its users by staying independent or bringing in a bigger company?
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It does seem that Facebook is starting to buckle under it’s own success. You’re dead right that the site has slowed in past months and it almost seems as if they are understaffed at this point. They could easily be rolling out fixed and tweaks to all the little problems they have now, but instead all it seems like they’re interested in doing is rolling out a few major releases a year and making sure their media image is squeaky clean.
Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love Facebook. But you can’t help but think they could use a little new blood, but for the benefit of the company and their users.
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