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'Superpoke' To Be No More, Thanks To Google

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Goal here seems clear by JoshuaZ · · Score: 3

    SuperPoke is a Facebook application. Why have an application that is tied in with a competitor's product? G+ is obviously a lot more important to Google than SuperPoke is, so SuperPoke is going to die.

  2. Get the torches! And pitchforks! by jalefkowit · · Score: 5, Informative

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

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    1. Re:Get the torches! And pitchforks! by Ihmhi · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Something you guys need to understand - some of these people who play loads of Facebook games put the same kind of emotional investment into them as more "tradtional" hardcore gamers do.

      Remember the shitstorm when Modern Warfare 2 wasn't going to have dedicated servers? Or when Starcraft 2 wasn't going to have offline mode or LAN play (currently being repeated for Diablo 3)? It's no different; many of us are just blind to their emotional investment because it's not the games we play or even the type of games we play.

      Something changes in the next Zynga or Popcap game and the hardcore gaming crowd goes "lol, casuals". But Duke Nukem has the Calladooty-style 2 weapon limit and a lot of us are mad beyond belief.

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  3. Re:I'm curious why they acquired Slide.. by larry+bagina · · Score: 3, Insightful

    1. Acquire company that helps out a competitor
    2. Shut it down
    3. ???
    4. Evil!

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  4. Re:No more tossing sheep..... by evought · · Score: 5, Funny

    What the heck is this sheep-tossing thing anyway? We raise sheep, and if there is an alternative market for our product...

    For that matter, we raise Shetlands, which are fairly small sheep: easier to throw and potentially concealable (need a big coat). Also, they have fine wool, so they might not chafe as much when concealed...