Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Time Magazine's 5 Worst Web Sites
#5 SecondLife.comTime Says: It's slow, requires additional software, too steep of a learning curve and essentially stop being so pathetic and live your real life first!
Evan Says: 100% correct, I never understood the point of having a second life when most people don't even utilize their first life. I know some say its a way to do things you've always wanted to but never have, but honestly get off your a$$ and go do it. No one is stopping you except yourself, and your SecondLife self.
#4 Myspace.com
Time Says: The most popular social network sucks because of all the spammers
Evan Says: The spammers do suck and the layout is hideious but its a great way to keep in touch with friends but maybe not neccessarily make new ones. I prefer Myspace.com over to Facebook for a variety of reasons, but mainly b/c I'm not smart enough to figure out Facebook's networks and searches.
#3 Meez.comTime Says: "But the 3-D animations and other digital doodads created with the help of Meez and other sites of its ilk — Blingee, Iconator — are just plain annoying..."
Evan Says: I've never heard of this and I'm really glad I haven't.
#2 Evite.comTime Says: "Evite's fill-in-the-blanks approach feels clumsy and dated. The ads are intrusive and navigation's a drag.."
Evan Says: I agree with Time's statement "we're only mad at Evite because we need it so much and we know it could be better." In the age of copy-cat sites and the 'I can do it better than them' attitude, how come no one has made a better Evite. Its something I think about everytime I'm forced to use Evite or respond to an Evite.
#1 eHarmony.comTime Says: "But if you've taken the time to answer eHarmony's 436 compatibility survey questions and paid its premium charges ($21 to $60 a month, depending on how many months you prepay), and the site then delivers terrible recommendations — or worse, rejects you as unmatchable — what do you tell yourself then?..."
Evan says: I've never used eHarmony, but the fact they claim that 16,00 couples were married from their service in the year 2005 is pretty impressive. I think you'd have to be pretty unique (a.k.a wierdo!) to be unmatchable but even so there are tons and tons of free and cheaper dating sites out there so I don't feel bad for people who can't find a match. It is pretty poor form that they discriminate against gays.
Read the full reviews on each site in the Time article.
Posted By Matt O'Hern at 02:14 PM
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