is facebook an example on how you don't need to be original to have a great business idea?

[Moby Dick]

there are websites that came before facebook

one of them is myspace
websites that were the same concept as facebook but their not nearly as successful
facebook is more successful because it's more cleaner than myspace even though you can do more on myspace

[Brendan]

Often it is not the idea but how the idea is developed and marketed that makes the difference. Facebook started with a captive audience of students