Monopolization of Social Networks

Social Times is a blog that used "as a way to leverage social technology to build local entrepreneurship communities." In the post Ma Bell the Social Network, blogger Anthony LaFauce writes about social networks are slowly being bought and will eventually be owned (pwned) by one conglomerate. And that's when all the trouble starts, apparently. Because then the government will come in because our market is against monopolies.

Personally, I don't think the government would ever find a reason to break up social networks due to the monopolization of the market. Why? Because it's not a necessity. We use social networking for socializing, for fun and a little for business. However, we can certainly get by without it. The difference between social networks and the monopolization of the phone system is that phone service is not so much a "just for fun" system. It's necessary for business. Now, I guess you could say we could become just as dependent on social networks as we have on the telephone. But right now I think that our dependency on email, telephone and other forms of communication make social networking still a non-necessity.