Could we please not take the trendy HN cynicism so far as to equate Facebook with mass-murdering serial killers? It's a social networking site.

My point was not to equate the murderous behavior. I see that you might find such a comparison distressing.

Facebook is circling the wagons on its user base. I see no one this benefits other than Facebook itself.

While promoting effortless and frictionless sharing of every last minute detail of daily life and thought within the Facebook "family", they are now very actively creating massive amounts of friction in order to prevent people from sharing with the same people anywhere else.

They are closing the exits in a defensive move to prevent people from leaving.

This is not good social behavior. This is what cults and psychopaths do in order to exert control.

This looks like the behavior of an entity with mal intent.

And Charlie and Co were just a happy song-and-dance love society until they weren't.