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by wgoodwin 4982 days ago
Agreed, entirely. I realized that I've been using FB as a surrogate for an email newsletter for side web projects. I also realized that many people I know use the feed as a surrogate for RSS to the feeds of their friends' lives. In both cases, FB isn't the answer: it's neither MailChimp nor FeedBurner.

I don't begrudge FB trying to monetize their service. It's just that their service isn't what most people seem to be using it for. Thus their paid options will seem like bizarre value propositions to the average user.