You seem to be correct, they can't replace Tom as the default friend. They'll have to do something really clever for that to happen ...

The other day I was talking to my friend and she was telling me that facebook suck's because it does not support layout changes and allows auto music play as soon as you load the page. So, in the process I told her about the layoffs and Facebook has crossed over Myspace in terms of monthly visits... she was totally surprised.