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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. Funny site... by Arkham · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm sure I've been living in a hole, but that site has some seriously funny stuff on it. Examples that made me actually laugh out loud:

    http://theoatmeal.com/comics/facebook_suck

    http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell

    --
    - Vincit qui patitur.
  2. OpenID by tepples · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have a Launchpad account, which I use as my identifier on a few sites that take OpenID. But one problem in practice with OpenID is that a lot of web sites are OpenID providers (sites that issue identifiers to users) but not as many are relying parties (sites that accept other providers' identifiers). And what prevents a spammer from setting up an OpenID provider and generating an unbounded number of plausible identities?