The Six Lamest Social Networks, according to WIRED.

[Abdul Alhazred]

Happy to say neither FF nor any of my other usual skeptical haunts made the list.

Beware These Six Lamest Social Networks (http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/15-09/st_socialnetworks)

But Richard (There is no God, and we are His anointed) Dawkins' outfit made the list. :yup:

[Watser?]

Stop Cyberbullying (stopcyberbullying.ning.com)
What it is A safe place for frank discussions on the topic of Internet bullying
Who you'll meet Pussies
What's annoying Dare to call them pussies, and they'll gang up on you mercilessly.
:rofl:

[curses]

So did Thomas Kinkade :giggle:

[Ensign Steve]

They missed one.

Ice Chewers Bulletin Board - All about Chewing Ice :: Index (http://www.icechewing.com)

[viscousmemories]

I subscribe to Wired; that Cyberbullying entry cracked me up.

[lisarea]

WalMart had a social networking site for something like two months. It consisted almost entirely of their own marketing department pretending to be teenagers and talking about how WalMart lets them express their individuality.

Seriously, every single profile was like, "At WalMart prices, I can have different clothes for all of my looks, from edgy to prep! I'm not about fads or cliques, I'm about individuality! School, MY way! Word up to WalMart!"

[viscousmemories]

:laugh:

[Ymir's blood]

United Cats (Local 666)

:bastet::felix::hellokit::billcat::bagcat::milkcat::cat::rollover::catwalk::blackcat::2faces::kitty:

[lisarea]

What's with that Thomas Kincaid one? All I see are a bunch of ads. (Although the realtor one is totally excellent. That realtor lady and her family don't just do things. They're active in things!)

Anyway, someone else should sign up there and see if there are really profiles and stuff.

[fragment]

edgy
Does anyone else absolutely loathe this word?

[lisarea]

edgy
Does anyone else absolutely loathe this word?

It's not so bad if you're talking about, like, a dodecahedron.

[Abdul Alhazred]

WalMart had a social networking site for something like two months. It consisted almost entirely of their own marketing department pretending to be teenagers and talking about how WalMart lets them express their individuality.

Seriously, every single profile was like, "At WalMart prices, I can have different clothes for all of my looks, from edgy to prep! I'm not about fads or cliques, I'm about individuality! School, MY way! Word up to WalMart!"

And they got paid for this. :eek:

[Crumb]

WalMart had a social networking site for something like two months. It consisted almost entirely of their own marketing department pretending to be teenagers and talking about how WalMart lets them express their individuality.

Seriously, every single profile was like, "At WalMart prices, I can have different clothes for all of my looks, from edgy to prep! I'm not about fads or cliques, I'm about individuality! School, MY way! Word up to WalMart!"
Do you know what the name of it was? It would be great to dig up the Google archives of this. :popcorn:

[viscousmemories]

How To Create a Tightly-Controlled Online Advertising Environment Poorly Disguised as a Social Network. » Jaredigital Articles (http://www.jaredigital.com/article/184/how-to-create-a-tightly-controlled-online-advertising-environment-poorly-disguised-as-a-social-network)

[Abdul Alhazred]

Thanks.

[curses]

Gah! I really do hate pink.

[lisarea]

Do you know what the name of it was? It would be great to dig up the Google archives of this. :popcorn:

It was at http://schoolyourway.walmart.com/, and there's a page about it here. (http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11396/wal-mart-trying-to-ape-myspace-seriously) I guess it was also called "The Hub."

Also here's a cached version of the totally rad AdAge review (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://adage.com/images/bin/image/photo/walmart072306.jpg&imgrefurl=http://adage.com/garfield//article%3Farticle_id%3D110673&h=248&w=180&sz=18&hl=en&start=5&sig2=IC61RSjEzMxMiZ7TD69hyA&um=1&tbnid=4xn9S4g4cifnTM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=81&ei=ylvXRpDBOYTMgAPTx_UT&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dschoolyourway.walmart.com/%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3DSwiftfox:en-US:unofficial%26hs%3DyFZ%26sa%3DN).

Peace out!

[Abdul Alhazred]

The forum synergy! :cool:

skepticalcommunity.com :: View topic - World's Lamest Social Networks (http://skepticalcommunity.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=315103#315103)

[Ymir's blood]

Gah! I really do hate pink.
:orly:

[Kyuss Apollo]

That ice-chewing forum was...so hot.

[curses]

Gah! I really do hate pink.
:orly:

:yarly:

[Stormlight]

Gah! I really do hate pink.

No, you don't. You love pink. (http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1654371,00.html)

[curses]

Gah! I really do hate pink.

No, you don't. You love pink. (http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1654371,00.html)Well that explains why purple is my favorite color..

But I still hate pink. :P