If you're a fan of FML (Fuck My Life)... then you'll love these sites I found from people's tweets:
- Rename the Swine Flu - Don't ever want to hear the phrase "Swine Flu" again? Rename it.
The Fucking Weather - Find out what the weather is like where you live
Texts From Last Night - Who drunk dials anymore?
Lamebook - Because this is the road Facebook is heading on
This type of crowdsourced, specific content is where I think the internet is going. Creating social networks, microsites and viral videos is so mid-2000s because there's enough of those out there. Internet users want to be entertained, informed... and these one-off sites are pretty damn funny. Plus, all the work is done because users are submitting content. Genius.
I was literally just thinking about the implications of the sudden popularity of FML, Lamebook, etc.
ReplyDeleteI think the demographic involved with these sites is really interesting, because it's younger (cooler?) people who probably wouldn't ordinarily engage in anything that they deemed tech-y things, or even anything not self-serving. But now, social norms are shifting and people are getting involved in creating their own entertainment, even if it is mindless.
http://isiticedcoffeeweather.com/
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