I think this is helpful and true. A big thing in websites is the "purpose statement". A lot of websites are popping up all over, but generally for personal reasons. I think if it was a broader purpose, the website would be more successful.
O yeh, not many people are interested in seeing a little 2-page site about some canadian guy named Jim
They may have been practical when the only people who could afford the internet all knew each other, but now their just cluttering cyberspace.