Many have speculated this is Facebook's official response to Google+, the internet giants latest attempt to break into the social media market. Facebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, was quoted as saying Facebook and Skype have been in discussions about the new partnership for quite some time.
I see this being a really nice feature when it comes to video chatting with your parents or friends. On the other hand I can't wait for this to turn into a chat roulette style stalking mechanism. Only time will tell how teenagers 14-17 will utilize these new features. Lol. Oh the interesting paradigms the internet brings us.