So DON'T USE THEM. Srsly, are we professionals or script kiddies here? If you're going to provide an alternative to Facebook, you can damn well make something

So DON'T USE THEM. Srsly, are we professionals or script kiddies here? If you're going to provide an alternative to Facebook, you can damn well make something from appropriate technologies. pg doesn't even use a database for Hacker News, and while it has it's problems, it does quite well. That fact that 5 people agreed with you disappoints me.