'Superpoke' To Be No More, Thanks To Google

Posted by timothy on Sunday August 28, 2011 @12:28PM from the ok-that-kind-of-makes-up-for-the-evil dept.

angry tapir writes "Apparently the age of 'superpoking' social network friends and throwing sheep at them is coming to a close. Google plans to shut down the social applications developed by Slide, a company it acquired a year ago for US$182 million. Slide products include SuperPoke, and photo management and decorating tools like Slideshow and FunPix. Slide's applications like Slideshow were very popular on MySpace during its heyday, and found success on other social networking sites, including Facebook, where the sheep-throwing feature of SuperPoke caught on, entertaining and annoying many."

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Get the torches! And pitchforks! by jalefkowit · 2011-08-28 12:42 · Score: 5, Informative

Yup, SuperPoke is on its way out. And the Pokers are piiiiiiiiiiissed.

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Re: annoying apps by macraig · 2011-08-28 12:47 · Score: 2, Informative

Does this mean Google+ won't be filled with extremely annoying "applications"?

Given that in other news Google has confessed that G+ is really an identity clearinghouse and not a socializing gadget, that's exactly what it means.