I noticed something today on Evite, the handy online invitation service -- they seem to be adding features to their services that are very, very similar...in fact, you might say, "identical"...to those of Craig's List and Friendster. For example, you can now post a "public invitation" on a community calendar-type spot...and you have an Evite profile, with your details, likes/dislikes, hobbies, etc., which can be posted for other people who are attending the same events as you to see. Hmmmm. Since this is all in the realm of free, evanescent social software experimentation so far, it seems sort of innovative...except that Evite is completely overrun with advertising, and one could argue they are co-opting the (admittedly, and foolishly, un-patented) features of sites which are not so commercialized. I just don't see Evite becoming a social portal site, though, like the personals or even Friendster, it's just too...flashy or something. My $0.02.