I think that facebook, like google, has become another company that startups should steer clear of. Just like Google dominates the information gathering space

I think that facebook, like google, has become another company that startups should steer clear of. Just like Google dominates the information gathering space, Facebook is now becoming a one stop shop for social/communication tools. Why use twitter when all your friends use facebook status? O'r why use a dating site when all your peers are on the book? You can see that most students don't use flickr or zooomr because they have facebook photos already. I've noticed that since all my friends have become heavy facebook users that we no longer use IM at all and that SMS usage is dropping. We instead just send facebook messages, wall posts or share links/youtube clips using fbook shares. On the up side facebook + api = universal buddy list. You wont have to worry about importing all your friends to the latest cool social app because everyone is already on facebook.