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>easier for the lazy to connect with and stay within their own interest groups

Facebook reminds me of AOL. People who had AOL had no idea of anything outside of AOL. I had to show many how to get out of AOL and they were astonished there was so much more.

If Facebook was an ISP it truly would be the new AOL.

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There's always going to be a niche for a service that does what AOL and FB do.

FB will be killed by its successor soon - possibly within five years, certainly within 10.

Jury's out on whether it will be founded in the US, or whether it will even need a web browser.

(I strongly suspect the answer to both questions will be "no.')

There was one, but FB bought it ... WhatsApp (Now FB is using Whatsapp use all phone contacts in your address book stored and use that info to show your friends/people to connect with on FB... FB kept saying to connect with our local XYZ service provider :) as somehow his number was stored in my phone. )

Weren't they actually providing bandwidth to some small area, with the provision that only Facebook was unmetered?

Seems pretty close...

They tried that in India, India told them to buzz off.

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