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On Facebook, what is "capped" at 5,000?

What does the company see as the purpose of maintaining a list of friends on the site?

How many friends does the average Facebook user list?

Why does consultant Jeff Pulver object to Facebook's limit on the number of friends?

What is the "friend" policy at MySpace?

How does the company define the term?

According to Newsweek's Steven Levy, what are the social perils of maintaining and joining such lists?

How do different generations respond to those perils?

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