Facebook just got so damn bloated with all the junk they thought we wanted (vampires?!)...but most sane people didn't ("just give me status updates, comments and tagged photos please").

 I just didn't understand Facebook any more - so many options, so many things you could do, so many "settings" areas. Damn! I just wanted a closed area for me and my friends!

 It's no surprise to hear of Facebook lite. They are obviously well aware of the "bloated problem" and aware of the streamlined usefulness of Twitter and FriendFeed. Can they wean hard core FB users off these bloated features though?

 Perhaps they don't have to...

 Think of this. Facebook is essentially a faceless API with the facebook front end sat on top of it. Why not create a different frontend and interact with the API differently? Voila! Facebook lite! Different users with different needs (ie the idiots who want to send me a vampire/banana/goat etc) can interact with FB in a way that suites them.

 Sounds like the best of both worlds to me :)

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