Should Facebook have job search?

Last week Om Malik mentioned that Facebook and Jobster appear to be hooking up to provide job search on Facebook. My initial reaction was, that makes sense, but now I’m not so sure. Yes, in terms of being a utility it makes sense, but in terms of being a social network it does not.

I think a lot of the success of Facebook comes from its closed door / walled garden status. If Facebook was more open, I’d probably be reading about how it, rather than MySpace, is destroying the morals of America’s youth. It’s too closed off for most journalists to realize the things on FB are just as bad as those on MySpace… or any other Social Network. So, many use it because they feel it is a little more private and they don’t have to be as conservative or restrained as they are on other sites.

But jobs seems to take some of that away. If you know an employer is watching you’re going to censor yourself in some way. The more conservative and restrained the users feel they must be, the less interesting the site becomes.

This leads me to believe that the best social network will be one where no one can see anything about you unless they are your friend. However, most SNs have a constant desire to add more features and make more money. Those desires will ultimately lead to some sacrifices of privacy. So, I have two questions:

1. Will we ever see the craigslist of social networks? Sacrificing profit to give people what they want.
2. Is job search on FaceBook a good idea?