Websites That Don't Need to Be Made Anymore

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.

Comments

Good thing the editors don't read the stories

[damn_registrars]

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...

Re:Good thing the editors don't read the stories

[PopeRatzo]

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

Re:"the cloud"

[MrEricSir]

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

Wait a minute

[$RANDOMLUSER]

but I think that would eliminate half the web.

You say that like that's a bad thing.

Let me add #9

[maxwell demon]

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

Re:I know one more

[corbettw]

I think it's just a problem with the CSS on Idle. If you remove "idle." from the URL it uses the default CSS, and everything looks normal again. Almost annoying enough to see if there's a Greasemonkey script to replace the Idle CSS with normal CSS on the fly.

Facebook instead ???

[hey]

So there is no need to make signup because Facebook connect can do it.
No need for a another status update side because Facebook can do it.
No need for a "next facebook" because Facebook can do it.
Wrong!

Facebook is far from perfect. We should totally work on replacements.

Funny site...

[Arkham]

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

Dating?

[ktappe]

I'd add dating sites

Let me guess...you're married? Funny how as soon as one person's needs are met, they no longer see a need for anyone else to have access to services that would supply them similarly.