Silicon Valley, with its safe little world of unisex ponytails, mid-range Cabernet, fresh faces, expensive bicycles, big white teeth and university style suburban planning (and I'm talking about Sand Hill Road, where the VCs' fraternities are, here), is an awful lot like a University.

Every social network has its particular neighborhood feel and Facebook, which started in the elite Universities, has the same feel as Silicon Valley.

I heard someone who had built a very successful web company describe Facebook as 'the Internet'.

So I ask you. Is that statement based upon business acumen or the experience of using a social network that feels familiar but mirrors a relatively small community's world?

Mythbusting: Why Facebook isn't the reincarnation of Google - Valleywag