Facebook Passing on the Niche Markets

On July 17th, Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, was interviewed by Time Magazine in an article titled, "The Future of Facebook." The last line of Mark's answer to this question was most interesting to me: 

Then on July 25th Facebook posted this blog in their developers corner:

Education should deliver relevant connections to new people, ideas, topics and experiences. Facebook seems to want to focus on helping people maintain the relationships they already have.  In short, they are leaving education up to outside developers. 

Strategically, it is smart for them to remain a neutral white board for everyone. This allows the developers to thrive in their passions and expertise, using the applications platform to meet every niche along the long tail.

In terms of Red Rover, this puts us in a great position to help define the educational niche of Facebook and eventually Myspace when it creates its application platform.