12 words cost Facebook $18 billion in valuation

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“We did see a decrease in daily users specifically among younger teens.”

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Everything was going so well. Revenue was up. Profit was up. Users were up. The stock was up.

Then Facebook CFO David Ebersman said that the social network was seeing a slight decrease in usage by younger teens on the company’s earnings call. And the stock slid from $57.10 all the way down to $47.40, wiping out billions in stock market valuation:

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