Yeah, it is kind of weird to copy someone less successful than you.
Good general principle.
On my part, Facebook is less addictive to me than it was before the change. I could easily forget that I'm a member, as nothing interesting is happening there.
it is indeed weird to copy someone less successful than you, but very often in software and web services, the simpler service wins - think wordpress over the bloated CMSs of a decade ago, or SalesForce over SAP, or Adwords over Doubleclick - so maybe it makes sense.
Good general principle.
On my part, Facebook is less addictive to me than it was before the change. I could easily forget that I'm a member, as nothing interesting is happening there.