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VolatileVoid on Feb 6, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: 3 years later, Facebook still can't delete photos ...

value != revenue (Not justifying the status quo -- just pointing out that a valuation does not imply liquid capital)

shingen on Feb 6, 2012 [–]

While that's definitely true, Facebook is of course not lacking in free capital to throw at this problem.

They had $4 billion in cash before the IPO. They'll have $9 billion after it.

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