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Facebook’s Mantra: Use Facebook Connect or Don’t Connect at All

in Media on January 8, 2009 at 8:18 pm PT

Want access to Facebook’s user base, which has now cracked 150 million? Then you’re going to need to play by Facebook’s rules. Last week Facebook sued Power.com, a social network aggregator, because the company allowed Facebook users to plug into the site without actually visiting Facebook itself. Today, instant-messaging aggregator Meebo is unplugging itself from Facebook rather than face the same kinds of legal problems.