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Can anyone stop Facebook? The company's first president Sean Parker says it's possible—but not likely.
Parker was a last-minute replacement for Zynga CEO Mark Pincus on Monday at the Web 2.0 Summit. When asked about competitors like Google+ and Twitter (Parker just joined Twitter), he said that "it's very tough to compete with network effects"—it's hard to convince people to switch when all their friends are already on Facebook. That doesn't mean the site is invincible, but "Facebook would have to screw up royally" to lose that lead.
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