I don't get very involved with most internet communities because I think if i did, my time would be completely consumed. But i have been on a few (and i agree with the post below, chatroulette is not a place to ever visit unless you're looking for that 80%) and i regularly use facebook. Everyone knows what it is (it even has its own movie now), its a place to put yourself out there on the big wide world of the internet and have other people acknowledge you're there through comments, pictures and status updates etc. I think it's a good thing. There's nothing wrong with keeping in touch with your friends from close by and far away-- in moderation. However for most people thats not entirely the case.
Facebook has become the giant monopoly of social networking. And now after reading the article it seems it has now become a coined term for anything that lives up to that level. For example "Webster is the Facebook of dictionaries" This means its the topnotch, most used and referred to. Google is the Facebook for searching, urbandictionary is the Facebook for slang terms. You get it. It has become more than a social network. It's a state of being. If you are the Facebook, you are pretty damn awesome. And to be honest I don't know if this is cool or just scary.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9190261/Seems_everything_is_the_Facebook_of_something
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