Chain notes and Facespace

I'm lucky in that I'm almost never tagged in these random "25 things" notes, but I tend to see a ton of people writing these things on almost any subject. That's great and all, but it's just another example of how Facebook is essentially becoming one and the same with MySpace.

I like MySpace because it's become the universal go-to for music and concert info. People are more likely to go to a band's MySpace page than their website because of its simplicity in getting info on the next show, and bands will keep it pretty regularly updated for that reason.

But I dislike MySpace for the vast proliferation of stereotype, trite Internet fads/chain bulletins, poor design, unnecessary add-ons/apps, and overmarketed hype. And Facebook is slowly turning into the same thing.

We all have an intrinsic need to be able to relate to one another, but can we please do it in a way that is more intelligent than posting random "25 things" notes? It's fine to treat Facespace like a giant water cooler for us to share funny videos and communicate with friends, I just think it would be nicer if we weren't all a bunch of sheep in following one another on posting chain notes...