TechCrunch » UselessAccount http://www.techcrunch.com Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:05:28 +0000 en hourly 1 Brilliant New Startup: Useless Account http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/05/brilliant-new-startup-useless-account/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/05/brilliant-new-startup-useless-account/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:12:31 +0000 Michael Arrington http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/05/brilliant-new-startup-useless-account/ The trick to any good humor or hoax site is an attention to detail and a seriousness about your work. Useless Account is the best recent example I’ve seen. It’s clear, for example, that more work has gone into this joke than many of the startups we see every day.

The site has a single function – to create a new account. “Open ID is a pipe dream” the site argues, which also has a fake quote from “TechLunch” that says “Slightly more useful than Twitter.” Once you’ve created your account, you can log in, and edit your account. That’s it. The reason this is really, really funny (for us) is because that’s what we do all day – create new account after new account at every new Internet startup that comes along. I am a seriously huge expert on account creation.

The best part of the site are the FAQs. Note the email for customer complaints and their plans to give away “free pro accounts.”

Useless Account was a fun diversion for a few minutes, and for that we are sharing it with our readers. It was created by Jim Whimpey and the Brisbane Creative team.

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