ignite cardiff - richard john - antisocial networks
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Antisocial Networks9 Social Networks that should cease to exist
Dogster(and all other pet social networks)
Why it should die๏ Amusing/cute for the first 3/4
minutes
๏ Almost as bad as putting your dog on Facebook
๏ Has an active community despite this
๏ 11 million page views a month
Bebo
Why it should die๏ The Lidl of social networks
๏ Organised chavs
๏ E-mail spam
DontStayIn
Why it should die๏ Chavs
๏ Happy hardcore
๏ “Spotters”
๏ Bright yellow
ASMALLWORLD
Why it should die๏ Inherently anti-social
๏ Created for people who no-one likes to convince themselves that they are the elite
๏ Founder got the idea whilst “crouched in the leaves, meditating alone”
Warcraft Social
Why it should die๏ Even more time stolen from Warcraft
players
๏ “Newest Members” only shows female members
๏ It’s a social network for World of Warcraft players
Lookitsme
Why it should die๏ People uploading photos taken at extreme
angles for others to rate
๏ People rating other people’s photos 10/10 in the hope that they will get a “10” back
๏ The smug guy with the girly bedding on the homepage
FriendsReunited.co.uk
Why it should die๏ Helping to put people in touch with people
who they’d still be in touch with if they were worth staying in touch with
๏ And charging money for it
๏ Offers nothing Facebook doesn’t
Orkut
Why it should die๏ It’s Google’s social network
- But it’s rubbish- And hardly anyone has heard of it
๏ Neglected for years
๏ Recently added some gradients and tacked on OpenSocial
Piczo
Why it should die๏ Geocities for 2008
๏ Allows users to create web pages which consist mainly of absolutely positioned pictures, contrasting colours and garish backgrounds
Honourable Mentions๏ Xanga
๏ LiveJournal
๏ Myspace
๏ Hi5
๏ Ecademy