Facebook Value Drops To $82.25 Billion On SharesPost

That assumes that the social network still has 2.5 billion shares outstanding.

Some might feel tempted to misconstrue this latest transaction as reflecting Facebook users’ unhappiness in response to last week’s changes in the site’s functionality.

However, Facebook shares had already fallen a bit from peak value well before last week’s changes to the site; more relevant, however: prior user backlashes haven’t had any negative effect on the shares’ value in the private marketplace.

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