i can't resist posting this. ok..ok..i'll return to blogging and all soon but read this first (taken from msn website).
The 10 Most Overrated Products
Hype springs eternal. Lots of technologies, products and services don't merit the praise heaped on them. Here are 10 tech items that don't live up to their billing -- and 10 that deserve respect that they don't receive.
The 10 Most Overrated Products Facebook.com (© Facebook); Multiply.com (© Multiply)

Overrated: Facebook; Underrated: Multiply
Everyone seems to be on Facebook at this point. But to what end? Countless free applications of dubious value, plus scores of plug-ins and games that draw you deeper into the Facebook rabbit hole until you're spending hours a day befriending complete strangers with whom you have nothing in common beyond a shared love of Raisin Bran.
Ready for a little quality control? Try Multiply.com, a social networking site that's less a landing page (à la Facebook) than a series of feeds. Share various aspects of yourself with people in different spheres of your life: Have a drinking-buddy list for happy-hour updates and a family group for Aunt Helen sightings.
hooray for us Multipliers and Facebook-Resistors!