Here are my thoughts and questions some of you may find helpful. I consider myself an above average facebook user. Meaning, between my 250ish friends and I, I k

Here are my thoughts and questions some of you may find helpful. I consider myself an above average facebook user. Meaning, between my 250ish friends and I, I know more about the features and settings than they do. 1) Why would I leave my friends for a competitive product? 2) The UI/UX design of facebook is above industry standard. They're innovators in this space 3) Privacy is meaningless because normal people don't share provocative and sensitive information to begin with. So really, the privacy concerns some of you have is a non-issue with me and my friends. 4) Facebook with one sweep can completely change their privacy act and make everyone happy. See 4. 4) You can't make everyone happy. Of all people, we startup fanatics should know that. You won't make everyone happy with your competing product either. 5) Facebook should be your strategy for growing an alternative. Harvest information, learn from their doing. Copy and mimic every move, but improve on their downfalls. Because facebook is the best example of a functioning network, brand, and organization. Learn from it. 6) To have even the slightest chance of survival, you need to focus on a niche market first (fb for college students). This last step is going to the most difficult in todays environment with linkedin, facebook, yearbook, twiter etc. Those are my thoughts for now.