Hi Kninjanin,
I cannot really give you a good answer. I am hoping for great things from the Internet, a kind of democratic coming-together of people for companionship and learning and understanding. But I am not sure what form that will take.
I found Facebook REALLY uninteresting; the Q/A sites, with all their problems, have still been the best I see for us to connect with each other, to get to know people across the world!