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The whole thing would have to center around personal expression and the connections we make with others. So first, there will have to be a kind of presentation language that people can use to create personalized spaces. And to show relationships, the language will have a way of referencing spaces created by other people — a "link" if you will. With these "spaces" and "links," we can create an an interconnected world that allows people to find others with similar interests.

And of course we must provide communication for our users. People like using different methods of communication for different situations, so we should provide an array of methods from casual to formal, point-to-point to broadcast. For casual communication, we'll create a simple instant messaging system, while more formal "mailbox" style messages will require a store and forward messaging system. There should be a public chat system and forums for public discourse. And of course, people will want a place to write entries that everyone can see, and inverting that idea, a system like the Facebook wall where everyone can post comments or congratulations. And of course, people will want a centralized way of organizing notifications for important events and postings to tie it all together.

To duplicate Facebook's "applications" we can create a standardized interface for writing interactive applications on the web which will use standardized methods for inter-site communications. The client-side of these applications can leverage existing Flash, Silverlight, and Javascript technologies for a truly next-generation experience. With an application platform in place, many useful web applications and widgets will be created by our users. People will no doubt also want to share pictures of themselves drunk at parties, so there should be an application that allows you to easily share photos with your friends.

And no system of such lofty information capacity should be without a search system. Unfortunately, it's beyond me how such a wide-reaching beast of a database could be designed, so I guess we'll just have to wait until an enterprising group creates such a system.

It's a lofty dream, but wouldn't it be great if we could create something like this? :D