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Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the kill-me-now dept.

theodp writes "Cubby from New Jersey has a passion for peanut butter. Dedeaux from Baton Rouge likes to suck his brother's ear. Spike from the East Bay just wants to kiss pretty girls. Two months after computer and canine geeks in San Francisco launched a social networking site for dogs, 8,000+ pooches have their own Web page on Dogster.com, complete with mug shots, personal stories and listings of likes and pet peeves."

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  1. Barking mad by Space+cowboy · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The problem with a 'free society' is that some people have far far too much time on their hands :-) All the more kudos to the site-creators for finding an oft-overlooked gap in the market for a site that most people (the sane ones) never suspected would exist...

    Oh yeah, and (from the article):

    Rosemary Pepper is a writer and founder of an online feminist magazine who wrote the copy for the Dogster site. She is the "I Like It Ruff" columnist.
    /me definitely doesn't mention anything about spicy feminists liking it "ruff", 'cos that would be politically incorrect [grin]

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    1. Re:Barking mad by ekephart · · Score: 5, Insightful

      "The problem with a 'free society' is that some people have far far too much time on their hands

      I thought this was a GOAL of a free society: to allow progress to give us free time for leisure.

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  2. slashdot is pretty much the same... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    slashdot is pretty much the same than that doggie site... imagine those pet-holders thinkin about a weblog all about computers and linuxes and geeky stuff. Theyd probably think the same what we think of them...

  3. Rant by DarkHelmet · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sorry Slashdot readers, but I'm a little pissed.

    Dogster. Wonderful. I write an Open Source Social Network program, and Slashdot rejects any sort of story on it only to put a story about Dogster.

    Sorry, but I feel a little shunned. I do have a little bit of pride in what I do, and things like this kind of shatter it.

    Yeah, I know, the type of site I'm doing has been done... But then again, does that make Linux "Just Another Kernel?" I'm sure that would be up for debate.

    Yes everyone, the ideal is novel. But hello, anyone? This is news for NERDS, not, news for dogs. We typically like things like anime, Open Source, Star Wars and SCO. This fits under neither.

    This wasn't even marked as "Humor". I'm not laughing anyway.

    /Rant off.

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    1. Re:Rant by dave420 · · Score: 4, Insightful
      Dude, it's slashdot. You have to expect brilliant articles being overlooked and replaced by dupes from earlier this morning. Just like you have to expect overzealous moderators and insensitive clods...

      It's easy to get your feelings hurt on here, but just remember that it's slashdot. After all's said and done, this is just a website with a bunch of geeks spouting off :-P

      And long may it continue... ;)

    2. Re:Rant by CompWerks · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Mike, Just a suggestion... You might have better luck if you don't use your picture or refer to yourself as "DarkHelmet"

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  4. Direct your passions... by addie · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Everyone seems to be passionate about one thing or another, for many /. readers it's open source software, criticizing George Lucas, or karma whoring. For these people it's their dogs. Whenever I see someone who is so obsessed with a subject as to be considered disturbed, it makes me depressed. At first. Why don't you find beauty and inspiration in nature I think, or the arts? Get a hobby!

    But wait, you have one already...

    These people may have "nothing better to do with their time" or are "lonely and sad" but the fact is that everyone is passionate about one thing or another. If we all enjoyed the same interests then this world would be a very boring place, and there wouldn't be the advances in science and technology that there have been. So don't bash the hobby-freaks too much, as you're probably one too. Freak is in the eye of the beholder, as it were.

  5. My Family. by Sentosus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    My girlfriend and I can no medically have children. This is something that we have known for a while. Instead, we have Cricket, Cupid, and Prancer. They are our children. Cricket sleeps with his head on the pillow in bed. Cupid rolls up behind his mommy's(girlfriend)legs. Prancer sleeps on the floor.

    Cricket has missing front teeth from his owners in Winnsboro, South Carolina kicking him. He also suffers epilepsy. Cupid has no fur where his two previous owns let him get fleas, which he was allergic. Prancer has no fur at also.

    There is nothing wrong with us as a family. I care for them and pay their doctor bils. They are similar to a small child 6-7 years old. They love to go for rides in the car and also know when we are having a bad day.

    I truely endorse this website as any steps for us to make their life happy in the same way they make mine happy and soothe my needs to have children.

    So please do not put down pet owners or say they are freaks. You may simply not understand the bond that people have with their animals. I know that I consider Cricket to be my son and when he gets a shot, he reaches for me just like any child would to their parent.

    ^---- Chichiuahuas. --- Spelling bad.

    1. Re:My Family. by Cryp2Nite · · Score: 5, Insightful

      To quote the parent:
      I truely endorse this website as any steps for us to make their life happy...
      Trust me when i say your dogs don't care. If you want to make their life happier, take them out to play more often, buy them a bone or a toy, spend some more time with them.

      Putting your pooch on the web has nothing to do with with their happiness. It has to do with the owners being goofballs ;-)