Yahoo Close to Investing in Snapchat at $10B Value

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Post by coreymgilmore » Tue, Oct 07, 2014, 3:07 PM UTC

Yahoo Close to Investing in Snapchat at $10B Value
bloomberg.com

Re: Yahoo Close to Investing in Snapchat at $10B Value

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Post by Cuuugi » Tue, Oct 07, 2014, 3:54 PM UTC

Between Tinder and now Snapchat, it makes me think Yahoo is building a p0rn empire.

Re: Yahoo Close to Investing in Snapchat at $10B Value

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Oct 07, 2014, 4:03 PM UTC

Cuuugi wrote: post #2

Between Tinder and now Snapchat, it makes me think Yahoo is building a p0rn empire.

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Re: Yahoo Close to Investing in Snapchat at $10B Value

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Oct 07, 2014, 4:04 PM UTC

Cuuugi wrote: post #2

Between Tinder and now Snapchat, it makes me think Yahoo is building a p0rn empire.

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Re: Yahoo Close to Investing in Snapchat at $10B Value

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Post by mliker » Tue, Oct 07, 2014, 4:04 PM UTC

Cuuugi wrote: post #2

Between Tinder and now Snapchat, it makes me think Yahoo is building a p0rn empire.

I think that's a bit ridiculous to say. Based on that comment, it sounds like you've never used Tinder or Snapchat. There are many users on Tinder who are looking for relationships, and users of Snapchat like to share their moments with each other without having to save the bad quality photos on their phone.

Re: Yahoo Close to Investing in Snapchat at $10B Value

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Post by mliker » Tue, Oct 07, 2014, 4:05 PM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #4

Cuuugi wrote: post #2

Between Tinder and now Snapchat, it makes me think Yahoo is building a p0rn empire.

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Yes, because of some NSFW content on Tumblr, we can safely say Yahoo is building a porn empire...

Re: Yahoo Close to Investing in Snapchat at $10B Value

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Post by rch » Tue, Oct 07, 2014, 4:07 PM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #3

Cuuugi wrote: post #2

Between Tinder and now Snapchat, it makes me think Yahoo is building a p0rn empire.

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(Parent was a comment about Tumblr's risque content continuing a theme in Yahoo investments, but without supporting stats.)

"According to an analysis of Tumblr’s 200,000 most-visited domains, 22,775 of them are adult – or 11.4 percent."

http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/20/tumblrs-adult-fare-accounts...

Re: Yahoo Close to Investing in Snapchat at $10B Value

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Post by comatose_kid » Tue, Oct 07, 2014, 4:15 PM UTC

It's not clear how much Yahoo is investing at that valuation, but I hope that the stated reason of re-creating an Alibaba type investment is not the primary driver. Despite the success of Alibaba, a single data point is not a trend (even a spectacular one like Alibaba), and I'm not sure that Yahoo's core competency is/should be picking winners.

Re: Yahoo Close to Investing in Snapchat at $10B Value

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Post by pkfrank » Tue, Oct 07, 2014, 4:15 PM UTC

Cuuugi wrote: post #2

Between Tinder and now Snapchat, it makes me think Yahoo is building a p0rn empire.

Has Yahoo invested in Tinder? Can't find mention of it anywhere.

Re: Yahoo Close to Investing in Snapchat at $10B Value

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Post by giarc » Tue, Oct 07, 2014, 4:16 PM UTC

Snapchat must be huge in the teen/young adult demographic to justify this valuation as I don't see many adults using this app anymore. Although this is a fairly localized/anecdotal opinion of the app, perhaps in other regions, Snapchat is big among many demographic categories.