The Social Protocol For 8/12/09: If Facebook Couldn't Get Any More Annoying

Facebook has made a lot of noise in the last few days, with the acquisition of FriendFeed and their assault on Twitter because of that acquisition to create a real time search.

And now, Facebook today will introduce Facebook Lite. Oh boy.

Facebook’s clearly up to something big. Facebook acquired Friendfeed. Facebook rolled out realtime search. And now, it looks like “Facebook Lite” is coming, because thousands of Facebook users have been chosen to test out Facebook Lite,

But it has some bugs

And just as quickly, the message disappeared. What it is exactly…we’re not quite sure.

Here’s the full text you see on the homepage if you were selected:

“You have been selected as a beta tester for Facebook Lite!

We are building a faster, simpler version of Facebook that we call Facebook Lite. It’s not finished yet and we have plenty of kinks to work out, but we would love to get your feedback on what we have built so far.

Check out Facebook Lite now at http://lite.facebook.com.”

The link doesn’t seem to work, but this feels very much like a new and direct shot over Twitter’s bow. We’ll keep you updated as we learn more about Facebook Lite.

All you have to do is the leave the site if you're annoyed. It would be funny if Zuckerberg got apoplexy if people rained his email box with messages of "You're annoying us again."
Update : Adam Ostrow weighs in.