Snubster Lets You Put People and Services On Notice

Posted on April 7, 2006

Snubster is a twist on social networks and the site's design with the frowny face is a spoof of Friendster. A Wired article calls this antisocial networking. The Snubster site lets people have a profile that includes On Notice and Dead to Me lists that were inspired by the Colbert Report.

On Notice: Things go on this list first. You can specify how long something is on notice. If there are no more infractions in this time period, they'll automatically come off the list. Otherwise you can move them to your Dead to Me List.

Dead to Me List: Put things on your dead to me list when you'd like them on there permanently. They'll only come off your list if you manually remove them.

For example, Software engineer Bryant Choung, Snubster's creator, has a profile on Snubster where he has On Notice and Dead to Me lists. Bryant currently has Gmail "On Notice" because he says it "has been really spotty for the past week." Bryant also links to his Snubster account using a Snubster icon from his home page. Some people have also created fake Snubster profiles, such as a profile for Kim Bauer, a character played by Elisha Cuthbert on the TV series 24. Wired also mentions two other antisocial networks: Isolatr and Introverster.

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