Actually it would be the UNDERWRITERS that would step up to buy to bolster the market.
John ---- Facebook (or any IPO) is a GAMBLE... buy at your own risk. Very few IPO's are successful -- the few that are, make up for the many that aren't. Which is why people get excited - because they THINK they're buying the next Microsoft or Google...
The lock up period expires in 90 days -- and another lock up period after that at 180 days which will TRIPLE the amount of shares possibly coming to market. There's plenty of time to see what happens between now and then.
