Watch Out Quora? Facebook Getting Into Questions with Friend.ly Acquisition

The friend.ly staff will continue to work as they always has, but with the prospect of moving forward technically. The 10-person team will be working on new products at Facebook, according to a recent blog post announcing the deal. Financial affairs of the deal have not been disclosed.

Facebook nabbed another social media company — friend.ly. The Mountain View, Calif.-based startup is a Facebook app for asking and answering questions with other people on the social network.

The acquisition seems more like Facebook is hiring the whole friend.ly team. Nothing is changing employment wise. The friend.ly staff will continue to work as they always have, but with the prospect of moving forward into the company. The 10-person team will be working on new products at Facebook according to a recent blog post announcing the deal.

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