rather less social

[piranha]

the paramour is, much to zir chagrin, the beneficiary (cue appropriate quote from"harold and maude") of my plethora of snarky comments on all those social networking sites.

idea: we start an anti-social networking site. i thought we'd make it like a nice, comfy little cave, with all sorts of privacy protection, and apps that do NOT link to anyone else. but the paramour was way ahead of me: we link everyone to everyone else, and let them sort it out, making the interface as clumsy as possible. war world peace is sure to follow.

we'll call it SlapInTheFacebook.

Comments

[kightp.livejournal.com]

You. Must. Do. This.

I'd be the first in line to not-join!

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

when your phone won't ring, it'll be our telemarketing call to you!

[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

Hah! I love it.



You can connect to me on FB, if you want ...

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Yikes! You used capital letters!

As for the idea itself, heck, it might be fun. If nothing else you could sit back and watch who decided to make themselves the self-appointed experts on the system.

[ebourland.livejournal.com]

Rules. Applaud.

[sub-divided.livejournal.com]

Oh man, have you seen this (http://flyingsauce.livejournal.com/383633.html)? Apparently there are some startup guys who thought it would be a good idea to link people's personal info with all of their social networking sites (that use the same email address or variations), and apparently, one of the main places they're getting their information from is Facebook. One more reason not to join.

rapleaf

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

oh, rapleaf making waves again? i learned about them earlier this year via an anti-spam list.

yup, one more reason not to join facebook, indeed -- or at least not to give them any true information that's not already out there linked with one's handle or name. that's been my policy for some years now; i don't even leave my real birthday anywhere. and i throw in some false data now and then so i can theoretically track exactly who sold my data (or had it hacked).

[treacle-well.livejournal.com]

*chuckle*

[lorres.livejournal.com]

It's a perfect facebook app!

Me want!

[haircaspian.livejournal.com]

Have you seen Nemester (http://zapatopi.net/nemester/)?

[bpt.livejournal.com]

There's also Arsebook (http://www.arsebook.org/).

arsebook

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

oh, somebody REALLY likes facebook there. *cackle*.

Re: arsebook

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

ah, that's just a mockup, i see. still funny though.

nemester

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

*laugh*, no, i hadn't. too funny.

for others looking in: "Nemester is an online community that connects paranoids, egotists, villains, and monomaniacs through networks of competing agendas and incompatable ideologies for bitter conflicts, mutual loathing, or to find their one, true nemesis."