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Websites That Don't Need to Be Made Anymore

Posted by samzenpus on from the do-not-want dept.

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but there is a finite number of social networking or selling websites that the world needs. Here is a collection of the eight kinds of websites that absolutely don't need to be made anymore. I'd add dating sites and anybody who uses pop-up ads myself, but I think that would eliminate half the Web.

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  1. Good thing the editors don't read the stories by damn_registrars · · Score: 5, Funny

    If the editors read the stories before posting them, they would have realized that the last item on the list describes the most recent slashdot initiatives...

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    1. Re:Good thing the editors don't read the stories by syousef · · Score: 2, Funny

      There's more to this, though, I think. We're going to be hearing a lot more about how "websites don't need to be made any more" and how it's not the presence of individuals on the web that really adds value.

      There are very rich and very powerful forces that would like the Internet to become nothing but a commercial vehicle for the largest corporations. We're going to hear about how there's really no value in somebody making "another blog" and we're going to hear a lot of aspersions cast upon people who put up content without it being connected to business. Oh, certain big blogs are OK, because they drive eyeballs, carry advertisement and push opinions. Gizmodo: good. - Wired.com: good - Wikileaks: very bad

      That's easily countered. You just come back with 8 articles that don't need to be written anymore.

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  2. Re:"the cloud" by MrEricSir · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are you kidding? Cloud computing can synergize your enterprise assets!

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  3. Let me add #9 by maxwell+demon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Web sites which consist of a list of the top n things the author thinks are good, bad, useful, useless or whatever.

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  4. Re:#1 On That list by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "slashdot doesn't have much of a reason to exist anymore"

    So it follows that you don't either, correct?

  5. Re:"the cloud" by roman_mir · · Score: 3, Funny

    but can it utilize revolutionary interfaces to productize cross-media e-services to mesh extensible niches which helps to incubate end-to-end communities and to drive sticky functionalities while scaling collaborative systems in an effort to monetize open-source convergence?

    We are all about transitioning value-added web-readiness here.

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  6. Re:#1 On That list by narcc · · Score: 2, Funny

    The people with six-digit id's are greater in number. Someday, we will rise up and toss-off the shackles of oppression and servitude!

    You'll be the first with your back against the wall when the revolution comes.

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  7. Re:"the cloud" by R3d+M3rcury · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Visualize Open-Source Users"
    *shudder*

  8. Re:"the cloud" by Thanshin · · Score: 2, Funny

    but can it utilize revolutionary interfaces to productize cross-media e-services to mesh extensible niches which helps to incubate end-to-end communities and to drive sticky functionalities while scaling collaborative systems in an effort to monetize open-source convergence?

    We are all about transitioning value-added web-readiness here.

    A challenge!

    My new mission is to use each and every word in that post, during a meeting, before next friday.