I mentioned it in the We S-1 thread, but it really weirds me out that the S-1 is the first chance the public has a chance to see a company’s financial status.
Cloudflare S-1
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Re: Cloudflare S-1
#12Finally an IPO I want to buy into. Technical fundamentals matter. Edit: I mean that in the software/service way, not the economical way, in case there was any confusion.
Ditto, I'm excited about this one.
Re: Cloudflare S-1
#13> We have a history of net losses and may not be able to achieve or sustain profitability in the future.
I never got this... Why go public if you literally say you won't make money?
Who would buy stock in something that will not return a positive?
Are they starving for money and hope some public trading gets them a boost?
Edit: It seems to be following the same pattern as the other tech IPOs recently, just to cash out the early investors.
Re: Cloudflare S-1
#14The free tier of Cloudflare has been really amazing for small to medium websites.
It gives you a basically unlimited CDN, SSL, HTTP/2, DDos protection and fast DNS servers with almost 0 effort... for free ...
Thus increasing the stability and speed of many web properties that otherwise wouldn't pay for it.
I'm afraid this could easily change once the company is public and is under the pressures that come along with it, which is a shame.
(I also try to get them paid business when I can by nudging companies to use them)
Re: Cloudflare S-1
#15> We have a history of net losses and may not be able to achieve or sustain profitability in the future. I never got this... Why go public if you literally say you won't make money? Who would buy stock in something that will not return a positive? Are they starving for money and hope some public trading gets them a boost? Edit: It seems to be following the same pattern as the other tech IPOs recently, just to cash ou…
They're not saying they won't make money, they're saying they "may not be able to" make money.
Re: Cloudflare S-1
#16> We have a history of net losses and may not be able to achieve or sustain profitability in the future. I never got this... Why go public if you literally say you won't make money? Who would buy stock in something that will not return a positive? Are they starving for money and hope some public trading gets them a boost? Edit: It seems to be following the same pattern as the other tech IPOs recently, just to cash ou…
> Who would buy stock in something that will not return a positive?
cough uber... cough
Re: Cloudflare S-1
#17The risk factors directly address the questions behind whether taking down 8chan and other sites was related to an upcoming IPO:
> Even if we comply with legal obligations to remove or disable customer content, we may maintain relationships with customers that others find hostile, offensive, or inappropriate. For example, we experienced significant negative publicity in connection with the use of our network by The Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi, white supremacist website, around the time of the 2017 protests in Charlottesville, Virginia. We also received negative publicity in connection with the use of our network by 8chan, a forum website that served as inspiration for the recent attacks in El Paso, Texas and Christchurch, New Zealand.
> Following the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, we terminated the account of The Daily Stormer. Similarly, following the events in El Paso, Texas, we terminated the account of 8chan. We received significant adverse feedback for these decisions from those concerned about our ability to pass judgment on our customers and the users of our platform, or to censor them by limiting their access to our products, and we are aware of potential customers who decided not to subscribe to our products because of this.
Re: Cloudflare S-1
#18Another unicorn strikes. Is it just me, or have all of these companies decided to do IPOs around the same time? I mean uber, lyft, we work, and now cloudflare. I wonder who's on the menu tommorow
Maybe because the economy has been doing very well and a eventual downturn is inevitable, which makes this a good time for an IPO?
Re: Cloudflare S-1
#19Now they'll have even more incentives and pressures for censorship.
That’s an interesting opinion. What about being publicly traded makes you think they’ll me more incentivized to censor?
Facebook’s performance suggests that playing fast and loose is preferable
Re: Cloudflare S-1
#20I mentioned it in the We S-1 thread, but it really weirds me out that the S-1 is the first chance the public has a chance to see a company’s financial status.
Yeah, that's why it's the first step in becoming a "public" company.