[arethuza]

So if Facebook is so bad, someone please come up with a compelling high level vision of what could replace it and why the replacement would be better?

Preferably something as compelling as Sir Tim's original vision for the Web...

[EliRivers]

I've got an idea. How about if you want a presence on the web, you have this website that you control with whatever data and pictures you want on it? Coders can develop things we'll call content management systems to make it a bit easier for you to put your data on there if you don't want to do it all yourself, and since you'll control it, you can add whatever tools and automation and widgets and the like.

[swombat]

I'll one up you on this. Maybe one particular group of coders can build a giant CMS that also has social networking features and allows everyone to have their page on the web, and keep up with what their friends are doing, without having to own, set up and administer their own servers (a prowess which most are incapable of). The hardest thing would be getting critical mass, but if someone could do it, wow, that would be awesome, right?

[jamesbritt]

Sweet. We can call it Everyone On-line, or EOL.

We'll start first in the States, and call it AOL.

[bad_user]

http://wordpress.com/

Really, what's the matter with blogs and feed readers for keeping in touch?

You know what would be great? A blogging platform that's light (picture / link attachment painless) and that also has a feed reader built in.

Oh wait ... http://www.tumblr.com/

[arethuza]

That sounds so interesting that you could probably make a movie out of it.

[GHFigs]

you have this website that you control

...and suddenly you've taken on about a million problems that are tangential to the problem of keeping in touch with people.

[c1sc0]

Yes, but that'd give me choice and force me to think. Choice is hard, let's go shopping!