> I know FB has to make a profit somehow, but that's really not my problem I'm reminded of a few other blog posts I sometimes spot here on HN. They say someth

> I know FB has to make a profit somehow, but that's really not my problem I'm reminded of a few other blog posts I sometimes spot here on HN. They say something along the lines of "please charge me for your service so you'll still be around next year." Facebook's profit margins are a problem for all their users. I do not agree with their methods for making a profit, but I can see why they have high costs to cover. I've had to build social-network-like features for clients. I can attest to the following about functionality like the news feed or photo sharing. It's: 1. complicated to implement 2. complicated to maintain and expand upon 3. resource intensive For these reasons, maintaining the status quo requires non-trivial engineering and hardware. Users expect persistent storage of their old photos and content, after all. I could see that by refreshing my news feed a few times, I'm incurring a cost on Facebook that they can't recoup with non-invasive measures like Adwords on the side.