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VOTE: Would A $100 Billion Facebook Have An IPO?

Facebook’s finances continue to exceed all expectations, and that has some people continuing to speculate whether the social network would change its plans about whether or not to have an initial public offer.

Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg had plainly stated on his own Facebook profile that he doesn’t want the company to go public — this was posted as an answer to the site’s own Questions feature. But a look at his page shows that tab has disappeared. Hmmm…

Zuckerberg has thus far worked very hard to retain his ownership and control of the company, and also to maintain privacy of Facebook’s own financial records. However, a recent proposal by the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow confidentiality of a corporation’s finances might make an IPO more palatable, assuming the SEC’s suggestions become laws.

Additionally, an IPO might complicate Paul Ceglia’s effort to claim part ownership of Facebook through a lawsuit recently (re-) filed in Federal court, although the social network’s legal team plans to prove that said plaintiff has forged at least part of his so-called evidence.

So far, prior litigation by outsiders seeking stakes in Facebook haven’t had any negative effect upon the company’s value — major lawsuits need to appear in the disclosures section of any prospectus describing an IPO to prospective shareholders. (And most pundits believe that Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss’ recent request for a rehearing of their latest appeal won’t have a different outcome than the last decision.)

All of these things together beg the question of whether Facebook might IPO. The social network appears likely to exceed the previously forecast $2 billion of 2011 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

These numbers might inspire lead investor Goldman Sachs to pressure Facebook to IPO, as The Wall Street Journal posits this morning. Certainly this month’s coming offering in the U.S. by Facebook’s Chinese competitor Renren could up the stakes.

We’re wondering what you, dear readers, think about the likelihood that Facebook might IPO. Please share your opinion in the poll below, which allows you to select more than one outcome and also input your own vote. Check back later to see how other readers are voting, and by all means, elaborate on your vote rationale in the comments section.

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Gaming Veterans See More Facebook Cons Than Pros

Apparently Facebook has a lot work to do to satisfy gaming gurus: A very heated debate at the L.A. Games Conference revealed more negative opinions about the social network than positive ones among audience members and panelists alike.

This all arose during a panel of industry veterans — Alex St. John, president and chief technical officer of Hi5; Geoff Cook, chief executive officer of myYearbook; Mari Baker, president and chief executive officer of PlayFirst; Rick Thompson, chairman and co-founder of Idle Games; and Mike Vorhaus, president of Magid Advisors, moderating it all.

Alex and Geoff argued against Facebook, Mari and Rick argued for Facebook as a gaming platform. Mike moderated them in 15 minutes of debate team style arguments. Each debater was given 3 minutes to argue their side, and then 1 minute for rebuttals of the other side’s arguments. An audience vote was taken before and after the debate to determine the effectiveness of each side’s arguments.

Alex set a confrontational tone prior to the debate by saying to the audience:

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Third Party Page Publishing Drops From News Feeds

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Over the past couple weeks, many Facebook page administrators who use third party publishing solutions have noticed a downside to using the tools: The hiding of some of their stories.

We first received a note about this happening on one of Facebook’s own pages: Facebook Marketing Solutions (found here).

Mari Smith then noticed the problem as well and published the issue to her own Facebook page (pictured below). We reached out to Facebook to find if this was a bug, but the company told us that this was part of the “aggregation of app stories” which as been around for a while. Anybody using a third party solution to publish out stories should take note.