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PC World's 25 Worst Web Sites
Cilibrin writes "PC World has posted a story on the 25 dumbest dot-coms and silliest sites. Among those to make the list are the pet-related Neuticles — a site for testicular implants for pets — and every child's favorite, Rabies for Kids." From the article: "As venture capitalists scramble to throw money at anything labeled Ajax or Web 2.0, and Web publishing becomes so simple that anyone with a working mouse hand can put up a site, we offer our list of the 25 worst Web sites of all time. Many of our bottom 25 date from the dot-com boom, when no bad idea went unfunded. Some sites were outright scams — at least two of our featured Net entrepreneurs spent some time in the pokey. Others are just examples of bad design, or sites that got a little too careless with users' information, or tried to demand far too much personal data for too little benefit. And to prove we're not afraid to pick on somebody much bigger than us, our pick for the worst Web site may be the hottest cyberspot on the planet right now. "
In a story with 1500+ votes, Digg users acknowledged THIS to be the worst web site ever:
http://www.kwota.net/cdc/default.htm
A quote: "I feel like I lost a part of my web design soul just by viewing this site."
FTA: "In 2003 Zuccarini pleaded guilty to violating the Truth in Domain Names Act and was sentenced to 2.5 years in the federal pen."
What? Truth in Domain Names Act? So if I create a site about rocket launchers and register it to fuzzybunnies.com I can go to jail? Can fuzzybunnies be a porn site?
Like perhaps most people, I skipped first to #1.
The ease with which anyone of any age can create a page, upload photos, share deeply personal details of their lives, and make new "friends" quickly turned MySpace into a one-stop shopping mall for online predators.
I lost interest in the article right about here. thinkofthechildren, etc.
(Come to think of it, aren't shopping malls one-stop shopping malls for "predators"? Oh, teh irony!)
Property is theft.