I get that it's a very unpopular opinion on HN. A bit of why I post comments like these is to have at least one counterpoint in HN threads that are generally anti Facebook. I am genuinely bullish on the prospects of Facebook as a company based on everything I've seen.
I'd rather these absurd empire businesses to at least do something interesting with their empires instead of just make it a bit easier to consolidate money. Zuck is uninspiring and hard to like, but at least this move is somewhat visionary.