Facebook, the platform.  by alec on May 25, 2007  Big splash
made by Facebook yesterday.  Perhaps bigger than anyone
imagined.  Zuckerberg's vision of Facebook as a social
networking utility is real.  It's especially impressive how well
it has been executed. They are playing to:    • remove the need
for developers to build individual social networking
structures.  Want to build a new social network about sharing
movies?  Start with your facebook friends and groups, and add a
movie ranking system.  Seems as Flixster might already
understand this, as they've jumped aboard with their social
network now presented as a Facebook widget.   • make it possible
for social network users to consolidate their networks into a
single infrastructure moving forward.  I don't need to
participate in those other networks if Facebook is the
networking platform.   • build a compelling distribution channel
for social applications.  Add a new applet to your Facebook
profile, and everyone in your network gets notified.   Mashable
has