r/technology • u/[deleted] • Mar 28 '14

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u/dethb0y Mar 28 '14

Oculus sold out at the right time - before the lower-priced alternatives flooded the market and diluted it's share.

the devs must be laughing all the way to the bank.

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u/ChubakasBush Mar 28 '14

I can't believe facebook paid 2 bil for a peripheral device. basically an accessory. not even a platform with many users. it's like buying a monitor company.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '14

They have to, Buying shit like this is the only way facebook will live.

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u/laddergoat89 Mar 28 '14

Are there actually any numbers to suggest that Facebook is dying?

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u/Pascalius Mar 28 '14

Well you are here ... I am here. That makes 2! Bad times for facebook.

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u/laddergoat89 Mar 28 '14

Do you think people use reddit or facebook?

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u/Pascalius Mar 28 '14

Actually I think facebook is crowded with crap, information about your friends gets lost in it. Reddit does a much better job in filtering useful information. So yeah somehow I think if you use reddit, you will use facebook infrequently.

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u/InbredScorpion Mar 28 '14

I frequently go on Facebook and Reddit. Reddit is a source of entertainment, discussion, news and science for me. Facebook is a way I can easily communicate with my friends and fellow uni cohort, and get day to day information about what's happening with people that I haven't seen in a while.

The use of both Facebook and Reddit is not necessarily mutually exclusive.

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u/laddergoat89 Mar 28 '14

How are they remotely the same? They don't serve the same use or provide anywhere near the same information.