graphic designer stina johannson has a visionary people-cataloging idea that sure beats facebook:

Undiscovered Friend is a spontanteous organisation that started with delivering letters to randomly selected people in New York. It later spread to other parts of the world, such as Stockholm, London, Melbourne, Shanghai and many more. The selected people who receive letters are asked to fill out a questionnaire about themselves and the city they live in, send it back to us, along with a photograph of themselves. We will publish it all on the Undiscovered Friend website, that will work as a gallery of friends, where you can click on different parts of the world and learn more about that particular place through the people who actually live there. More information and a full friend gallery will be available soon at the official Undiscovered Friend website.

via stingosaurus.com