Social Sites and the future of the web

So I recently found the website Ping.fm and made it my quest to sign up to every service they provided. So far Xanga is actually my favorite followed closely by twitter/pownce/tumblr/zoomr near the end is plurk which, while I like the time line style and layout of the site, forcing the user to use the “is, says, likes, etc.” button kinda turned me away from it. I really enjoy the simplicity and straightforwardness of sites like twitter and xanga, and the new update to myspace makes it much better although it is still riddled with teenagers that don’t really have anything important to say…EVER. They need to separate myspace music from the rest of the site and slowly get rid of the random apps and “widgets”. Myspace is a great, viable, free way for many bands to make a name for them selves and be heard more. More commercial movies, musicians and corporations need to go away. Unfortunately being run by Mr. Murdoch, I don’t think that will ever change. Facebook started very well and then they decided that they needed to add applications and more “features” that really just clog up the tubes and don’t help anything. The internet is supposed to be a fast way to say or show what you need to and then leave. These bigger companies should learn from the smaller ones and see that keeping the site simple will lead to more users and less kids that just say OMG, bacon is rad. Because while bacon is rad indeed, we all don’t need to hear it again. That’s all I have to say for now.