Post fronts Facebook for 14th time

The Washington Post's obsession with Facebook continued Sunday with the 14th Facebook-focused story on the front page in under three years.

Here's the list:
Sept 2006, Oct 2006, Feb 2007, Nov 2007, March 2008, April 2008, May 2008, June 2008, July 2008, Sept 2008, March 2009, April 2009, Aug 2009, Aug 2009.

The new piece, by religion reporter William Wan, is "Soul-Searching on Facebook; For Many Users, Religion Question Is Not Easy to Answer." It says people often aren't sure what to write and/or are worried what others will think. The Post got Facebook to compile a list of the top ten religions; Christian, Islam and Atheist are 1-2-3 and Jedi is 10. But that's not all the Post found:

The complete catalogue of entries easily numbers in the thousands, Chin said. But even offbeat answers like "Seguidor del Wiccanismo" and "Heavy Metal" garner more than 2,000 users each. There is also, Chin noted with a laugh, a surprising number of people online who identify themselves as Amish.

All this is more than the company has ever revealed on the matter.

Alright, that's kind of interesting, but, you know, not the most important scoop ever.

The story is alright for what it is, but as usual with the Facebook stories, it simply does not belong on the front page. There's more important news going on. Here are a few ideas: Afghanistan, Iraq, Honduras, Mexico, global warming, health care, homicides in DC, the 4th anniversary of Katrina, and the whole economy thing.

Please, WaPo. Do report on Facebook. Don't put it on A1 unless it's really really important, though.