Since I have seen threads on here about how to use Facebook fans and make money from them, heres an interesting read...
It seems like Facebook is controlling more and more of users' online time, and that doesn't appear to be on pace to change anytime soon. Facebook is already on the path to controlling more content, online retail, and online identification, and who knows what all announcements we'll see come out of the company's F8 developer conference this week? To what extent Facebook will dominate these aspects of our web use (it's grown a great deal in search too by the way) is yet to be seen, but the point is, Facebook is giving users a lot more reasons to use it, and in some cases it's not really even a conscious decision. See the recent South Park episode for a good illustration about how Facebook continues to suck more people in. Facebook is where the people are online.
More here
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/20...ough-discounts