> Facebook is trying to decide whether it's an IRC server, or a newspaper. I think the problem is that they want to be both. You hit the nail so hard on the he

> Facebook is trying to decide whether it's an IRC server, or a newspaper. I think the problem is that they want to be both. You hit the nail so hard on the head with this statement, Facebook has come to a point where it cannot just be a "traditional social network" if it wants to continue to expand within the stock market and grow globally--it needs to be THE ONE TRUE source of information, discussion, media, news, politics, small community groups, advertising. What used to be a cool place to check on your friends, their interests, and what they are doing has turned into attempting to be a little bit of every single site so much that users "shouldn't have to" go anywhere else.