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