Why did Whatsapp go for so much?

Well? How come?

Strange times we live in but there is a lot of opportunity to get rich i.e. whatsapp & flappy bird

Because FB expects to make much more by tapping into markets, it was a little weak in.

Nokia has been sold?

Maybe FB doesn't think Wahtsapp is worth $19billion. Maybe they think the cost of allowing WhatsApp to exist as it is will be greater than $19.

The value of a company could be based on a whole lot other things than just the activities the company being valued.

the guy made flappy bird in 3 days,and was a millionaire at the end of the first week. smh

He could have been a multi-multi-millionaire if he wasn't an idiot and took the app down simply because it was "addictive." Seriously if you stumble upon something that's going to make you rich don't be an idiot and run away from it.

There were lawsuits brewing. I think he made the right decision.Besides,how much money does a guy really need? ;)

See the problem is that the creator was a lazy douche that he just copied and pasted shit from the Mario games, talk about being creative right?

How exactly do they plan to monetize off of it?

Facebook does tend to overspend when acquiring properties.

See it's purchasing of instagram for $1 billion when it was just in its infancy stage.

Probably ad potential. Get ready WhatsApp users... The ads are coming.

@lamprey263:

They want access to your phonebook. They can monitor us even more now.

Time to stop sending nudes through whatsapp!