Run for the hills. Facebook is taking over our lives! Well maybe not our lives, but it is definitely affecting how we experience the web, which let’s face it, IS some peoples’ lives. Here is a list of reasons why I think people will never leave Facebook in the future even if they do leave Facebook.

         1. The most important reason is that the Facebook platform is so customizable that many businesses will start building their sites on Facebook pages. You can include everything that a normal website needs to have, with the added incentive that you are right in the middle of the groundswell.

Takeover scheme: Never having to leave facebook to visit another site.

2. Facebook Connect is an obvious reason. Connecting on other sites with your Facebook account is amazingly comfortable and very social. I definitely see all businesses including this on their sites. 
Takeover scheme: Facebook knows where you are all the time.

         3. Facebook allows businesses to have their online retail store right on their fan page. This not only lets people buy things without leaving facebook, but it also gives us a very convenient way of letting our friends now that we bought something and then review it or “Like” it.

 Takeover scheme: Facebook will decide how we buy things online and how we share that with our friends.

        4. The Facebook Open Graph API is a huge step in taking over the WWW. Here’s an explanation of what Open Graph is directly fromFacebook’s developer wiki:

 ”The Open Graph API will allow any page on the Web to have all the features of a Facebook Page – users will be able to become a Fan of the page, it will show up on that user’s profile and in search results, and that page will be able to publish stories to the stream of its fans.”

Takeover scheme: Even when you are on another site you are still deeply connected with Facebook.
        

       5.  And the last and most important piece of the puzzle is: the social factor. With over 450 million users on Facebook, this platform is the ultimate social machine. Facebook will soon become like going to the mall with your friends, but without the chinese food.           

Takeover scheme: Facebook controls how you communicate with your friends.
But there is no need to fear. Facebook has been known to have a great interest in protecting your personal information. ;)