April 1, 2011
Future of social networks: Will Facebook remain the one network to rule them all? - By Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine

The big question for the future of social networking isn’t whether Facebook will be the largest and most influential site five years from now. It’s whether it will be the only one. Will Facebook be the exclusive catalog of our interests and relationships, or will it coexist with several others?”

I’m not sure it’s quite time for all the other platforms to throw in the towel quite yet but at the same time, if I could manage all my social networks in one place - I would.