There is a big difference between editing or totally refusing to publish a comment and banning or blocking someone entirely. In the later case they 'cease to exist', it is as if a publisher has gone from cutting a line in an author's pre-print manuscript to withdrawing all copies of all that author's works ever produced.


The value of these media companies is very much what someone is prepared to pay for them, they don't have much in the way of tangible assets. If say Facebook users stopped logging on over-night they would effectively have no user base and nothing to sell.


By the way Facebook has seen a general trend of its share price increasing at $2.57per month over the last five years. This last month has seen it drop at the rate of $25.15 per month. As they say, the value of your investments can go up or down.

There is a big difference between editing or totally refusing to publish a comment and banning or blocking someone entirely. In the later case they 'cease to exist', it is as if a publisher has gone from cutting a line in an author's pre-print manuscript to withdrawing all copies of all that author's works ever produced.


The value of these media companies is very much what someone is prepared to pay for them, they don't have much in the way of tangible assets. If say Facebook users stopped logging on over-night they would effectively have no user base and nothing to sell.


By the way Facebook has seen a general trend of its share price increasing at $2.57per month over the last five years. This last month has seen it drop at the rate of $25.15 per month. As they say, the value of your investments can go up or down.