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Snap Inc. Reports First Quarter 2017 Results

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Re: Snap Inc. Reports First Quarter 2017 Results

#41
Tech companies, and startups in particular, are touted as the powerhouses of American innovation and economy.

And yet, it seems that the past 5 years of economic activity have been illusory. I expect a similar fate of Uber and Airbnb. Once the dust settles only the staid big co's shall remain.

Re: Snap Inc. Reports First Quarter 2017 Results

#42
I almost wonder if there's going to be a "liked it before it was cool" paradox to a lot of these social sharing startups dreams of continued user growth and eventual profitability. Facebook seems to have reached escape velocity as a quasi public utility, a ubiquitous enough communication medium that almost everyone is peer pressured into using it even though they increasing dislike it.

But the other social sharing platforms then become escape hatches for the cool kids to hang out and share stuff in more authentic/novel/exclusive communities, fueling a few to rocket growth and unicorn valuations. But like that indie band you discovered that's now playing on the radio every damn day, the bigger it gets the more the early adopters will move on to something else. And especially in a situation where your primary market is teenagers, there's nothing less cool than what was cool 5 years ago.

Re: Snap Inc. Reports First Quarter 2017 Results

#43
post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The procedures to produce an SEC report take time and aren't automatic. Management discussion, etc. As a former professional investor quarterly is fine. i want mgmt focused on running the business, not reporting to investors. Anyone who wants more frequent data so they can trade the stock can hit the road as far as I care.

Interesting! Thank you for your perspective and insight. Do you think that having some data reported automatically in realtime could minimize surprises such as what we see here? Perhaps then the quarterly reports could be more focused on describing the longterm strategy and market landscape?

Transmitting real-time data that's in accordance with GAAP would be quite a feat due to the amount of adj entries that are required.

Re: Snap Inc. Reports First Quarter 2017 Results

#44
post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Facebook didn't have a competitor with 20x the market cap doing a great job of rapidly copying their distinguishing features.

Over 1000 Googlers were cranking on Google Plus, which at the time was a Facebook copy cat. What makes Facebook so threatening to Snapchat is the aggressive cloning in tandem with it's pre-existing, larger network. By the time Google decided to clone Facebook, the Facebook Graph was already more powerful than the GMail graph (which is what Google Plus was built on).

> Over 1000 Googlers were cranking on Google Plus

I said "great job".

Re: Snap Inc. Reports First Quarter 2017 Results

#45
post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Facebook didn't have a competitor with 20x the market cap doing a great job of rapidly copying their distinguishing features.

Over 1000 Googlers were cranking on Google Plus, which at the time was a Facebook copy cat. What makes Facebook so threatening to Snapchat is the aggressive cloning in tandem with it's pre-existing, larger network. By the time Google decided to clone Facebook, the Facebook Graph was already more powerful than the GMail graph (which is what Google Plus was built on).

Do you have a source for the size of the Google plus team?

Re: Snap Inc. Reports First Quarter 2017 Results

#49
post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The procedures to produce an SEC report take time and aren't automatic. Management discussion, etc. As a former professional investor quarterly is fine. i want mgmt focused on running the business, not reporting to investors. Anyone who wants more frequent data so they can trade the stock can hit the road as far as I care.

Interesting! Thank you for your perspective and insight. Do you think that having some data reported automatically in realtime could minimize surprises such as what we see here? Perhaps then the quarterly reports could be more focused on describing the longterm strategy and market landscape?

Competitive sales teams in the enterprise sales world would be all over that data to try to spin a narrative and for competitive intel. Agree that it wouldn't be massively helpful.
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