Google just outbid Facebook to buy MilkInc.com

[Mr Happy]

It's obviously not worth the time, otherwise facebook would have owned google.

Time has nothing to do with it. It's money and Google has far more of it than Facebook. It's rumored to work out at over 2 million per person. For a talent acquisition it was just too much money for Facebook.

Buying a company to get just talented employees is common and something Facebook and Google (as well as other large companies) do a lot but this is one of the more expensive ones taking into account the number of employees.

[mubin]

Did they do a talent takeover or did they invest in the company? What about the other investors that were involved in the Seed A funding?

[Lifetalk]

You'd think the world is going through an economic crisis.

[cvrle77]

Economic crisis is caused artificial, so interesting group can get more money, it doesn't just happen out of itself. It's not unpredictible.

[Gaurav]

I read it as MilfInc at first [pokerface]