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New Apps Enable Social Network Snubbing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the true-spirit-of-the-internet dept.

beafpeat writes "Both The Boston Globe and NPR are reporting on new apps such as Enemybook and Snubster that parody the social networking phenomenon. 'Tired of bogus online friendships... [the creators] hope to encourage people to undermine, or at least mock, the online social communities sites such as Facebook were designed to create.'" Relatedly News.com wonders, with the opening of the Facebook API and the ensuing app frenzy, how much is too much of a good thing?

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  1. Re:Problem is the way it's used by rtyhurst · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was a pathetic loser of 42, still living in my Mom's basement and writing software for DOS before Facebook.

    I had like zero friends.

    Now with Facebook, I have 1723 "friends"!

    Of course I'm still a pathetic loser living in my Mom's basement, but I bet have more "friends" than you!

    So, it's all good, eh?