Amazon owns social networking system

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Except that Friendster owns social networking.

Amazon now owns a patent that seems to cover anything to do with social 
networking.  Except that, prior to that, Friendster got a patent which seems to be 
similarly all-inclusive.

http://mashable.com/2010/06/17/amazon-patents-social-networking-system/

OK, just how stupid can the patent system become?

(Does this mean Facebook is even more of an IP thief than previously?)

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