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Cyber-Soap Returns From The Dead

Posted by timothy on from the shoot-me-now dept.

An anonymous reader submits "Back in 1995, an experimental "cyber-soap" had a wildly successful launch. With over a million page hits a day (an almost unheard-of amount of traffic at the time), The Spot was named "Cool Site of the Year" in 1995, and by all appearances was a huge success. As was the case for many projects of the time, though, by 1997 The Spot was gone, another victim of the dot-com bust. However, unlike other dot-com projects, The Spot has been given new life, un der new ownership, and was relaunched in March. Can the Spot, a unique blend of soap opera, blog, and reality show, survive this time around, or is it doomed to end up back in the graveyard of failed websites in which it was first buried seven years ago?"

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  1. This is how far I got by Borg453b · · Score: 5, Funny

    "..By reading these words, you are already part of the story. How involved you want to become is completely up to you...

    Yep. *Closes browser*

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  2. Message to 1995 by ciroknight · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dear 1995,

    We do not want this. Please take it back. We have enough reality TV shows as it is, who in the HELL would want them on the internet???
    Signed,
    Conserned Slashdotter.

    PS, please tell Al Gore "Thanks for your brilliant contributions".

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    1. Re:Message to 1995 by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 3, Funny

      PPPS:

      Did you see Demolition Man? Remember the funny joke about the President Schwarzenegger and the 61st Amendment.

      Um, well...

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      "Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
  3. Will it survive? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, because it's a soap. People who watch soaps are spods that shouldn't be using the internet. They really need to get a life and stop immersing themselves in alternative realities.

    Sorry it's a short post, I have to get back to Everquest.

  4. Quick, you guys! by Faust7 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let's Slashdot this thing before it has a chance to take off!

    All together now...

    *click* *click* *click* *click* *click*

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    The coolest voice ever.
  5. Re:Died for a reason by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: 2, Funny
    It died back then just like it died today.

    A good old-fashioned /.-ing.

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  6. Re:Hit or miss.. by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 4, Funny

    A low-budget viral marketing plan for The Spot:

    1. Get a frontpage story on Slashdot. *check*
    2. ...

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  7. Re:When I want an on-line soap opera… by Tony+Hoyle · · Score: 3, Funny

    f/x *chokes on beer*

    Insightful?????

    Funny, possibly, but insightful???

  8. FIFO by cwernli · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Spot was one of the first in and first out of the Dot-com era...

    Must've been exactly that, since I've never heard of it before.

    Then again, I was only a baby then.

  9. Re:The soap opera of my choice by Drooling+Iguana · · Score: 2, Funny

    That show ended last year, which was about four years too late.

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