Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks up Facebook Connect but little else during a question and answer session with reporters. The gist is that services such as Connect, Google's Friend Connect and MySpace's Data Availability initiatives are the future of social networks.

One thing Facebook execs have down pat is slamming the door on reporters' questions. If they don't want to answer something, they'll tell you point blank: There's nothing they want to talk about today.

The "they," of course, is more "him," as in Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who sidestepped some questions and looked confused by others during a question and answer session with reporters at the company's F8 Conference July 23.

For example, when a reporter asked if Facebook would join OpenSocial, Zuckerberg said, "We don't have anything to announce there today," adding that Facebook is a fan of other companies that the media would consider its competitors. "I think what they're doing is cool in a lot of ways."

He said "fan," not "friend," a key difference. The fan designation means Facebook is coolly appreciative of Google's work. If Zuckerberg had said friend it would have implied he was willing to work with Google.

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