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		AlexTheFounder on Oct 13, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is your product a “must have” or “nice to have”? Vitamin vs painkiller is a better analogue. Consider Facebook, it isn't really a "must have", but seems to be doing just fine

unalone on Oct 13, 2009 [–]

I couldn't disagree more. When you start using Facebook, it becomes a must have. When I went about deleting all my online accounts, it was one of the two I didn't get rid of. If I got rid of that, I'd lose the most valuable communications medium I've got.

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