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>(in this sense it's not quite entirely a ponzi scheme, but there is no closer idea)

Why not just say, "I'm super ignorant. Sorry about this post."

A lot of companies have made statements that in retrospect, and maybe even at the time, can be seen as pure hubris.

You could say something cliched like, facebook: web bubble 2.0. Another cliche, facebook management: irrationally exuberant?

Or you could reference companies that failed: facebook: the Global Crossing of our social network.

There are a great number of ways for a company to fail. Many of them do not involve being a fraudulent investment scheme.



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