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March 14, 2006

Social Network Backlash (Humor)

Michael Arrington

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I think a lot of people must have gotten one too many Linked-in requests recently, because tonight I came across two “anti-social networks” (although one is just a joke): Isolatr and Snubster.

Isolatr

Isolatr isn’t a real service, but it should be. Sean Bonner of Metroblogging created the site, which promises to “help you find where other people aren’t”. For bonus content, check out the FAQs (every answer is “no”). I love the attention to detail, like calling it a beta service, leaving the “e” out of the name and adding fake quotes from Doc Searls and Xeni Jardin.

Chris Pirillo has been asking for something like this (but real) for ages. Valleywag has more.

Snubster

Bryant Choung’s Snubster is an actual, live service. It helps you notify people, and the world, that you are pissed off at someone. The “On Notice” feature tells them that they have committed an “infraction” and are in a suspension period. If they really screw up, you can state that they are “Dead to Me”. Each user has a profile (example) where they can get into the juicy details. The only question I have is, why is there an “e” before the “r” in the snubster name?

Any other good ones out there that I’ve missed?

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  1. Serge

    March 14th, 2006 at 11:43 pm

    Mike, I think it was a bad idea to post this - now you will have a dozen or so companies pop up that will create real services around this. Of course, you will be the first to post about them (and entertain us), so may be it’s not such a bad idea after all :)..

  2. Michael Arrington

    March 14th, 2006 at 11:45 pm

    Hi Serge, Well, after getting the crap beat out of me on the TrustedID post from yesterday, I needed a good laugh…:-)

  3. Marcin

    March 15th, 2006 at 12:10 am

    “”

    lol :)

  4. chris

    March 15th, 2006 at 12:37 am

    You didn’t mention the whole site (isolatr) is done in Comic Sans.

  5. Marcin

    March 15th, 2006 at 12:55 am

    nor the comment in source code:)

  6. d4rr3ll

    March 15th, 2006 at 1:10 am

    Not necessarily social networking, but more generally taking a light hearted look at Web2.0 is…

    http:://www.cakeonrails.co.uk/

    :D

  7. d4rr3ll

    March 15th, 2006 at 2:08 am

    oops… helps if I format the link correctly

    http://www.cakeonrails.co.uk/

  8. Seamus

    March 15th, 2006 at 3:34 am

    Incidentally, if anyone thinks it would be funny to say “hi” to the guy who runs Isolatr…a quick glance at Register.com indicates that the best person to contact would be sean@sixspace.com…

  9. james

    March 15th, 2006 at 4:06 am

    have you looked up wankr ? http://www.parm.net/web2.0/

  10. Tim Malbon

    March 15th, 2006 at 4:21 am

    What about KidiFidlr.com - a mash-up of the national sex offenders database with Google Maps?

    We’ve created a nice web 2.0 logo - let us know where to send it

  11. Zoli Erdos

    March 15th, 2006 at 6:15 am

    Mike, the one you missed is Socializr, or Friendster 2.0 :-)

  12. John

    March 15th, 2006 at 7:35 am

    Another great one is http://www.vojosalsa.com

  13. Jack

    March 15th, 2006 at 7:39 am

    Seeing ‘Humor’ written without the ‘u’ gave me a thought: Did it originally occur as a result of Literature 2.0?

    In 50 years will Americans drop ALL potentially superfluous ‘e’s aswell? ;-)

  14. Tom

    March 15th, 2006 at 8:41 am

    I know it was tongue in cheek, but “Snubster” wouldn’t be as funny if it were “Snubstr”. It’s a jab at Friendster, not a jab at Flickr or any of the e-less 2.0 spinoffs.

  15. Craig

    March 15th, 2006 at 9:10 am

    Love that Ken Norton over at JotSpot coined the term SNAM…

  16. Gerard McGarry

    March 15th, 2006 at 9:29 am

    Love it! I could think of a few people I’d add to my Snubster list…grrr!

    Let the anti-social backlash begin….

  17. The One True Dan Tripp

    March 15th, 2006 at 9:33 am

    That cakeonrails URL redirects to microsoft.com. That’s a very “light” (-hearted) look at Web 2.0 indeed! :)

  18. Zoli Erdos

    March 15th, 2006 at 9:40 am

    Tom, Friendster is dead, because of that extra “e“. No wonder Friendster’s founder skipped the “e” in his next venture, Socializr, which is … what a surprise, a social network! :-)

  19. Zoli Erdos

    March 15th, 2006 at 9:42 am

    Tom, Friendster is dead, because of that extra “e“. No wonder Friendster’s founder skipped the “e” in his next venture, Socializr, which is … what a surprise, a social network! :-)
    (sorry, wrong link in previous post)

  20. Andrew

    March 15th, 2006 at 9:55 am

    GOTTA LOVE THIS ONE! ANTI-SOCIAL WHA!?

  21. James Doig

    March 15th, 2006 at 11:09 am

    Glad to see that (unlike AP) Snubster referenced the Colbert Report for their categories, but will they be adding ‘Never Existed To Me?’ following his further downgrading of California’s 50th.

  22. LJAB

    March 15th, 2006 at 12:32 pm

    LOL, excellent!

  23. d4rr3ll

    March 15th, 2006 at 1:19 pm

    I’ve spotted the problem with the cakeonrails link, too man colons in the URL, doh!

    this should work much better

  24. Saul Weiner

    March 15th, 2006 at 2:04 pm

    There’s a great econimc theory which talks about integrative and dis-integrative forces working in unison during times of change. This is a great example of people helping to put things into perspective.

  25. mynimal

    March 15th, 2006 at 5:21 pm

    I’m glad Snubster left the E in there, actually. It’s getting tired seeing all these “web2.0namehere”r sites EVERYWHERE. Did Flickr start it? I’m not irritated at all with Flickr if they started it, just the ones who copied them.

  26. Gareth

    March 15th, 2006 at 9:09 pm

    funny stuff!
    gang rape “quote” is tasteless though.

  27. Pud

    March 15th, 2006 at 9:17 pm

    Check out http://www.certifyr.com

  28. met

    March 15th, 2006 at 10:33 pm

    Try this web2.0 quiz, saw it first at http://www.downloadsquad.com
    Really funny stuff :)

    http://www.cerado.com/web20quiz.htm

  29. Mike

    March 16th, 2006 at 4:33 am

    So the people who snub the people I snub are my… friends?

  30. PatrickN

    March 16th, 2006 at 8:18 am

    We should be able to tag things, too. But only with unique integers.

  31. Billy Warhol

    March 16th, 2006 at 9:00 am

    In response to John Dvorak of PC Mag’s Web2.0 Baloney article we’ve launched a BillionDollarWeb20BaloneySandwich group on Flickr!!

    ;))

    there will also be a companion Blog & $B Homepage!! We’re having a Launch Party in NYC April 21 - so mark yer 30 Boxes CL2 calendars!!

    More deets at Lovento & Upcoming.org*

    FFF* - Fleck Flock & Flickr*

    Celebs incl. Britney, Pitt, Clooney, Madonna & Bush & Pam Anderson will be having Naked Conversations NSFW while sipping BONG Vodka Martinis*

    Cheers!! Billy ;))

    http://www.flickr.com/groups/b.....ysandwich/

  32. zack

    March 17th, 2006 at 6:44 am

    Brought to you by AntisocialSoftware: http://insignificantothers.ning.com/

  33. adrian chan

    March 24th, 2006 at 2:32 pm

    hilarious! will somebody put together a stalkr while we’re at it?!

  34. adrian chan

    March 24th, 2006 at 2:46 pm

    how about a few more…

    Insrgnts.tv
    Trffkr.net
    Brdrcrssr.net
    Vglante.us.net
    CIARendr.net
    NSAlistnin.net

  35. bernie jansen

    April 3rd, 2006 at 8:17 pm

    it’s not just who you know, it’s also who you want to forget or who you wish you never knew.

  36. Centro Commerciale

    September 22nd, 2006 at 3:45 am

    Yeah :D

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