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From the text referenced in Facebook's response as cited by the article:

To begin using the Facebook website, a consumer first creates a Facebook account. The consumer can then add other Facebook consumers as "friends" and by accumulating Facebook friends, the consumer builds a social network on the Facebook website.

The following statement in the article:

So Facebook is denying it's a destination that allows consumers to sign-up, add their friends, and build a social network.