Why do we all use Facebook? Because everyone else in the world uses it. Even if you prefer Twitter or another network, for personal connections, Facebook is w

Why do we all use Facebook? Because everyone else in the world uses it. Even if you prefer Twitter or another network, for personal connections, Facebook is where everyone is. It's called a network effect for a reason, and that's hard to break. Additionally, I'm afraid it's going to be to complicated for most users (especially those that use social networks the most). After all, most standard consumers are going to use WordPress.com or Tumblr when they want to start a blog, not roll their own WordPress server or set it up on a hosting account. Average consumers aren't likely to want to host their own social network node either.