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FB is set to give the big G more of a run for the money than most people give them credit for. With more and more big sites allowing you to "sign in" using your Facebook ID, and the inclusion of the like buttons on more and more big sites. they have the stage set to become THE net "passport" or "open id" whatever you want to call it. They have such an enormous amount of user data it is unreal. Even in the face of criticism over their privacy issues, they will continue to grow. There's nowhere to go but up for FB right now. The potential for FB's like button to build an entirely new and user driven search is a whole other can of worms. Really, I don't see any of these privacy issues doing anything to stop them. People are just too stupid to give a fuck enough to sever their dearest FB from their lives. And like it or not, as it becomes an accepted standard to use FB as your online passport, more and more people will find themselves using it whether they like it or not...
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