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NightDragon83 said:
I'd sooner buy stock in AOL than Facebook. There was an article yesterday that Facebook is one of the dangerous entities that could spark another crash from bubbles bursting, like the dot-com bubble in 2000 and the banking / housing bubbles in '08.

Bubbles happen when there is an industry that gets overhyped, with people buying into it thinking it is "the next big thing" and then play the "next sucker" buying scheme where they buy in order to resell to the next sucker to come along.  Ponzi schemes fit into that, and they have a similar nature.  As of now, I think there is a depressed mental state with the economy and there isn't a "next big thing" about actually.

But, if you want a bubble...