Mike–Do you really expect Bill Gates–or anyone else–to spend hours and hours a day responding to strangers’ requests to make them “friends”? And then to read their comments? Get real! He–and all of us–have work to do.

An interesting point. Although it’s unrealistic to expect someone like Mr. Gates to spend “hours and hours” on facebook, using social media has the potential to provide some unfiltered access to information on the ground for those who don’t ordinarily have a direct pipeline to/from consumers.

I think we might have stumbled onto the litmus test for Facebook’s sustainability and business potential. If the site can be developed to a point that EVEN Bill Gates can effectively use it, they’ll be onto something seriously good…

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