Facebook正在压垮它。这家公司的收入比去年几乎翻了一番，利润增加了两倍多。这些财务指标令人印象深刻，对Facebook来说意义重大。但从今天的季度财报来看，最重要的消息或许是新一类股票的诞生，这意味着“创造一种资本结构，除其他外，这将使我们能够继续关注扎克伯格先生对我们公司的长期愿景，并鼓励扎克伯格先生继续在Facebook发挥积极的领导作用。”

扎克伯格正在追随谷歌创始人拉里·佩奇（Larry Page）和谢尔盖·布林（Sergey Brin）的脚步，后者在2014年夏天创立了第三类股票。与Facebook的新股一样，这些股票也没有投票权，这意味着**投资者不能利用这些股票试图影响公司的发展方向。

因为它剥夺了投资者的权利，这种做法招致了严厉的批评。谷歌的股东试图投反对票，但很容易被创始人压倒。但这对谷歌来说也是一种解放，它可以从事各种各样昂贵的研发项目——如果你愿意的话，也可以做**——而不必担心股东会有什么反应。扎克伯格就这一消息发表了个人评论：

When I look out at the future, I see more bold moves ahead of us than behind us. We’re focused not on what Facebook is today, but on what it can be, and what it needs to be for our community. That means investing in areas like spreading connectivity, building artificial intelligence and developing virtual and augmented reality.

...there are more global challenges that I feel a resp***ibility to help solve — like helping to cure all diseases by the end of this century, upgrading our education system so it’s personalized for each student, and protecting our environment from climate change. That’s why Priscilla and I created the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and committed to give 99 percent of our Facebook shares during our lives to advance human potential and promote equality.

Today, Facebook’s board of directors is announcing a proposal to create a new class of stock that will allow us to achieve both goals. I’ll be able to keep founder control of Facebook so we can continue to build for the long term, and Priscilla and I will be able to give our money to fund important work sooner. Right now, there are amazing scientists, educators and doctors around the world doing incredible work. We want to help them make a bigger difference today, not 30 or 40 years down the road.

Facebook本季度营收为53.8亿美元，去年同期为35.4亿美元。该公司实现净收入15.1亿美元，较去年同期的5.12亿美元大幅跃升。它每月有16.5亿活跃用户，每天有近10亿人在移动设备上使用Facebook。那些人花了很多时间看东西。自去年这个时候以来，Facebook上视频的创作和消费已经增长了两倍多。强劲的业绩推动该股在盘后交易中上涨逾9%。

扎克伯格在电话会议上说，Facebook是由一系列大胆的举措建立起来的。他指出，他决定拒绝雅虎等公司的收购要约，并以10亿美元收购Instagram，这是他能够承担股东可能否决的风险的时刻。