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The Social Network You Aren't Good Enough to Join (appscout.com)
15 points by edw519 on Jan 26, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 9 comments



Also, ASmallWorld: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/fashion/06smallworld.html

"I need to rent 20 very luxury sports cars for an event in Switzerland on the 6th September," a member wrote recently on the Forum, aSmallWorld's popular nucleus. "The cars should be: Maserati -- Ferrari -- Lamborghini -- Aston Martin ONLY!"

Another announced: "If anyone is looking for a private island, I now have one available for purchase in Fiji."


It's brilliant!

Squeeze recurring revenues right out of people's egos! :D


I wouldn't want to join any social network that would have me as a member.


Very rich people are boring. They don't have ambitions.


It's a meat market. I applied (out of intellectual curiosity) and got in, but decided not to actually go through with it when I learned that birthday, age, height and "build" (choices are "slim", "athletic", "average" and "curvy") are required information before you can activate your account.


wow, how tacky

Interesting to see if the cartmanland marketing works though :p


$50/mo, that's all?


I've gotta assume any publication that could write a positive review of this thing has to be pay-for-play.


The social network that once you're 'good enough' to join, you won't want to.




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