"I see no monetary value in Facebook because Helxis made a very true statement: I don't want my friendships monetized, someone else profiting because I interact

"I see no monetary value in Facebook because Helxis made a very true statement: I don't want my friendships monetized, someone else profiting because I interact with people I care about is a sickeningly greedy idea to me (read: to me, if you disagree share with us)." I disagree with this. Facebook provides you with the functionality to interact with your friends that you wouldn't get elsewhere (unless you s/Facebook/OtherSocialNetwork/), and it's ridiculous to expect them to do it for nothing. As long as the monetization is not detrimental to you, doesn't invade your privacy, and is actually perhaps useful to you (read: well targeted advertising), you shouldn't care. You don't get all angry at TV for showing you ads between shows; you may find a means to avoid looking at them, but it doesn't outrage you. Facebook has a 120 million _active_ users. A million of them petitioned. That isn't even 1%. No effort of that size can afford to attempt to please everyone.