Having just committed social e-suicide and left twitface for a time, the first thought that struck me was, "wow - facebook/twitter really have a monopoly, don't they? That's quite scary. Social interaction, surely, should be built into the fabric of the internet!"

Turns out, of course, it's not just me thinking that. On the very same jolly day, here's a slashdot story on just that - attempts to make open standards for web-based social interaction. Damn straight.