Why did Facebook pay 19B for Whatapp?

[Hose]

[Tom]

I think it has to go with the growth, apparently growing at 1M users per day. Also maybe facebook being the big daddy of social networks is scared.

[zing]

I would say it's a good buy at the right time!

[OrchidsDesire]

Because Zuckerberg is greedy and trying to take over the world.

[Joseph]

Facebook Inc will buy fast-growing mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, as the world's largest social network looks for ways to boost its popularity, especially among a younger crowd.