The only problem with buying this stock is one has to wonder if Facebook is just a passing fad or if it has real staying power. It wasn't too long ago that Myspace was all the rage--I still have a Myspace page, I think... It's one of those things you can never delete.
Some speculate that perhaps Google's "Circles" will replace Facebook. Personally I just wonder if one day, people all around the world will suddenly look up from their smart phones, gaze into the robin's egg blue sky, notice for the first time in a long time, the dazzling majesty of the sun and wonder all at once, "why have I been staring at this phone for the last 2 years?"
I mean, some people are literally addicted to Facebook in a way that can only be addressed by an intervention. Sometimes you will see families with mom and dad both staring at the little screen while their little kids are growing up right at their feet! By the way, the family I am describing is my own, we don't spend copious amounts of time on Facebook, but the irony of reading status updates of mostly strangers while ignoring family members in my own home is a phenomenon I have witnessed more than once at the Burns residence.
Bottom line, my hope is that one day there will be a true "Facebook" revolution, one where families begin to get "status updates" from family members, live and in person. This revolution would include people actually having real friends that they meet in person and share their lives with. In this revolution against Big Blue, people would emerge from their computer rooms and re-enter the light of day, learn their neighbor's names and children would play outside! In this revolution we would move away from emoticons and move back to real community, the way God intended us to live, Face to Face.
Genesis 28:3
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples.
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