I have to say that entrusting functionality to a third party scares me, its an extra tier of complexity or point of failure. Alerts I can semi understand, but it still makes me itch from a security point of view - and I'm a programmer not a DBA. A lot of this so called Web 2.0 functionality tends to be in the same vein - its a rehash of an existing idea. Twitter I can understand for conferences and social gatherings, but facebook functionality and its ilk eludes me - I barely get enough time to speak to my true friends now!

Anyway I've facebooked your server....n'ah.

Check out Tony Davis article on Simple Talk (http://www.simple-talk.com/community/blogs/tony_davis/archive/2008/11/11/70414.aspx) re Forums.