http://mashable.disqus.com/Internet and Technology News - Mashable is the world’s largest blog focused exclusively on Web 2.0 and Social Networking news. With more than 5 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the most prolific blog reviewing new Web sites and services, publishing breaking news on what’s new on the web.enTue, 23 Oct 2007 00:25:51 -0000http://mashable.com/2007/10/22/acebucks-2/#comment-5982267<p>Thanks muchly! It's been mandated that I do more of these types of posts, so look forward to more pontificating and judgmental pieces by me in the future! :)</p><p>You make a good point on the userbase, though. Their actives are lower than I'd expect them to be, which I didn't exactly go into when analyzing their valuation, but having such a large number of folks to use as a viral marketing platform is something to count in the assets table, for sure. I've already received five notifications since installing the app yesterday to install other applications.</p>Mark "Rizzn" HopkinsTue, 23 Oct 2007 00:25:51 -0000http://mashable.com/2007/10/22/acebucks-2/#comment-5982266<p>Mark, great post. This is one of the best posts on Mashable in my recent memory. More of an opinion/analysis piece than I'm used to reading here.</p><p>I would agree with you that AceBucks seems to amount to nothing but marketing spam. I think the reason that these powerhouse VC's made the investment is that they saw it was a good opportunity in taking a significant land grab on Facebook. With most spamming techniques (notifications, etc) being eliminated by Facebook, it is becoming really hard to develop a viral application. This scheme is a way for the company to get around these limitations and still grow rapidly (in terms of users). And once you have the users, you can always find a way to monetize it.</p>Mashable ReaderMon, 22 Oct 2007 23:27:21 -0000