How long until Facebook acquires kickstarter?

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by clef • 12 years ago

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...and does it make sense that they would?

anigbrowl• 12 years ago

You know that's a really good question. It would make enormous sense for them.

bredman• 12 years ago

I feel like they have to stop at some point but I agree this would make much more sense than something like Oculus Rift. I can imagine lots of great ways to integrate this into Facebook.

TonyNib• 12 years ago

I'd prefer them to have acquired KS rather than Oculus.

mattwritescode• 12 years ago

Maybe they are already in talks

not_paul_graham• 12 years ago

To me it doesn't make sense for FB to buy Kickstarter. FB wouldn't gain any particular advantage by buying Kickstarter. It isn't in the social space and there is little Kickstarter can do to disrupt FB (unlike mobile messaging apps like WhatsApp). Also FB can afford to buy successful projects that Kickstarter kickstarts like they did with Oculus.

Now if they buy a company like GitHub, that'd be a game changer but I hope that the GitHub founders hold on to it and never sell because from what I can tell GH are already profitable with a nimble team and already have investors like a19z if they need more funding. Besides the only reason to sell would be for founders wanting to become instant billionaires, and I hope that they recognize GH as something that they can work on their entire lives as inherently more valuable than a billion in the bank.

GH is the only social network that has the most developer mind share and is likely to be worth 1.5x or greater than WhatsApp from my perspective.

andyidsinga• 12 years ago

GH as something that they can work on their entire lives

This would be astounding. Github is certainly amazing, and better than its predecessor (sourceforge) by an order of magnitude, but alas, it seems unlikely that it would be a life-long company as it seems it is not as defensible a business as other 40+ year-old companies.

the only social network that has most developer mind share stack exchange ..plus it seems quite defensible - so maybe their in for the long haul over there :)

2D• 12 years ago

Maybe I'm naive but I don't think KS would sell. It's not about the cashola to them and the community (not that I could speak for it) wouldn't be impressed.

How long until Facebook acquires kickstarter?

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