Why Microsoft Should Buy Facebook

Facebook is in trouble and Microsoft can solve those troubles, at least for now, by taking over the company. Yes, it is hard to believe that a company growing as rapidly as Facebook is growing should be in trouble, but it is.

No matter how Facebook tries to position itself to earn its living someday, it runs afoul of its users. Thus, Facebook is a classic example of a company that loses money on every sale, but "makes it up in volume."

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hmmmm.... i cant believe this

I think it'll be better if Google takes over.

Thanks for this. Can't believe..

An interesting piece of news on the weekend re Facebook:

The AFL (Australian Football League) Player's Association is planning legal action against Facebook for its failure to help protect its players (and high profile people in general) from identity theft, fraud and defamation. The full story was published on yahoo.com.au, here.

While I believe that this is malicious and should be stopped, I can't help but wonder what Facebook (or MySpace which is also named in the article) could have sone to prevent this. Unfortunately there is a certain degree of anonimity in these social networking websites, should Facebook have asked for 100 points of ID before allowing people to sign up? Is this a giant leap in the direction of government censorship of the internet in Australia (with other countries to follow)?

What are your thoughts on this issue?