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Originally Posted by acrylix
This is true. Without gullible suckers, it'd be much harder for scammers of the world to succeed. Doesn't mean these suckers didn't get Zuckerburgled just the same.  |
They didn't get 'scammed'. A scammer is a thief. It's someone who for example agrees to provide X but instead provides Y or nothing at all after having received the money.
The people who bought FB shares, got what they paid for: shares.
That they weren't able to make the huge profit they were hoping to make off of those shares does not mean that they were scammed. Every entrepreneurial activity is by definition speculative. There's risk involved. Everyone who did not refuse to see the risks here, could see the risks were huge. One quick look at Zynga for example would have been more than enough.