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Why We Are Here => Traffic => Topic started by: littleman on March 26, 2019, 03:14:03 AM

Title: Facebook is making $112/year on average from active North American users.
Post by: littleman on March 26, 2019, 03:14:03 AM

https://thespring.io/investing/facebook-makes-more-revenue-per-user-than-netflix/

Title: Re: Facebook is making $112/year on average from active North American users.
Post by: rcjordan on March 26, 2019, 01:03:51 PM

That's  ....stunning.

^{<quote that hit home>}all streams will eventually turn into marketing-infested flows.

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While $112 per user seems like a lot of revenue for Facebook, there’s no reason Facebook couldn’t 10x their ARPU in a few more years. Better ad targeting = more revenue per user.

I'll add that "better targeting" is likely to run into more and more user & legislative headwinds re privacy.

Title: Re: Facebook is making $112/year on average from active North American users.
Post by: littleman on March 27, 2019, 05:28:46 PM

I just spent 5 minutes on FB, damn thing is just low level politics, dogs and ads. 

Title: Re: Facebook is making $112/year on average from active North American users.
Post by: rcjordan on March 27, 2019, 05:34:45 PM

And, according to the news, anti-vaxxers.

Title: Re: Facebook is making $112/year on average from active North American users.
Post by: rcjordan on March 27, 2019, 06:00:53 PM

>anti-vaxx

Oh, and ^{(this just in)} these guys.....

Facebook: white nationalist, white supremacist posts no longer permitted - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/03/27/facebook-says-it-will-now-block-white-nationalist-white-separatist-posts/

Title: Re: Facebook is making $112/year on average from active North American users.
Post by: Drastic on March 28, 2019, 09:33:05 PM

$112 seems low. I guess a lot of low value people spend a lot of time there though.

>dogs and ads
sidenote - is it just me or is dog the new cat, now? online pics, memes, etc.

Title: Re: Facebook is making $112/year on average from active North American users.
Post by: rcjordan on March 28, 2019, 09:59:23 PM

>is dog the new cat, now?

Dogs (a.k.a. good bois ) are definitely gaining ground, particularly labs, corgis, & huskies.  But they have a looooong way to go to challenge cat dominance, imo.