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> But I think it’s curious that Facebook has reacted so strongly to Google+: for such a small network (relatively) they seem quite afraid of it, going to the point of trying to match all of its innovations.

Why is this curious?

A giant, appallingly successful company (believed by many to be "the internet") launched a beautifully designed, direct competitor to your only product. They promote their competing product on every webpage they own, and they have gone so far as to stake employee compensation on the success of their competing product.

Why on Earth wouldn't Facebook be afraid? Why wouldn't they react strongly?

This post fails to support its titular claim: that Facebook is "stumbling" all over itself. Normal, ad-clicking, non-social-media-expert users love Facebook. They love being connected, and they love broadcasting to world. Facebook is stumbling only once those users leave.