I've been reading a lot of "integralians", who have been signing up for the social network Zaadz.  I am reading this with interest, but I haven't signed up yet.  

(It takes me awhile to "join", what can I say?)

From my initial review, I'm not sure it is the best of the up and coming social networks.  I am a fan of the open source Elgg, and also Barnraiser looks to have better features, at the moment.

However -

I was alerted by Ryan's post to this Flickr feature - and it is definitely very cool.  Ideas are voted on by the community, and then graphically displayed.

As expected, the largest graphics - "groups/tribes", "place to gather", "connection to others", "friends", etc.

I'm a busy guy, so I would have to agree that:  meeting in meatspace on a regular basis, with a like-minded community, is a difficult proposition currently.  I have taken - and am taking - steps to remedy this, but attention pulls to other things than building that community.