Just for perspective, Yahoo is 17 years old. Infer from that what you will.
Was it a search engine? Was it a portal?
Is it a news site? Is it a media site? Is it a portal? Is it a tech company?
I think Facebook will always be a social network that's focused on building its core product(s) with good technical people.
Facebook is a social network site when that's the thing to be... until it isn't anymore....