What I posted at MySpace *shudder*

Subject: Integrating Mail and Blogs, etc.
Current Mood: PORTALS SUCK.

Integrating Mail and Blogs, etc. into a website makes it a portal and turns it into Yahoo. I personally do *not* use Yahoo because it is a nasty disgusting thing that should be dead. There is way too much fucking clutter.

And I see the same thing with MySpace. And what the fuck is up with adding all these people as your "friends". Bands are *not* your friends unless you've played tonsil hockey with them. MySpace pseudo programmers! GET OFF YOUR ASSES! At least with OKCupid they have Friends and Real Friends. Just two types of classifications, that's all I'm asking for. Also, OKCupid doesn't try to be my blog and mailer and forum, etc.

Oh, and Microsoft will be taking your share of the market too. Especially with their similarly named MySpaces. You should sue. I think you would win too because they have pretty much the same product with pretty much the same name. I know I would definitely go after them. And looking at SecurityFocus.com, there are 72 exploits for IIS 5.0. Oh, and the different versions of Apache have very very few exploits. The newest one apparently has zero.

And according to Netcraft, you're running Windows 2000. WTF?! And apparently, you are using IIS?!

This is how I go about my business on the Internet:
1. Check GMAIL using THUNDERBIRD or the ONLINE INTERFACE.
2. Check GOOGLE GROUPS (Forum)
3. Check OKCUPID (Online Dating, Social Networking)
4. Update BLOGGER (Google's Blog Site)
5. Update FLICKR (Image hosting)

I use more than one site for everything. It makes sense. It's called specialization and it is awesome. Why the hell would I want to be tied down to one site when I can have 4 or 5 that specialize? This is where Yahoo went wrong. It's not a search engine, it's a portal. And it's very complex when you already have a dedicated blog at LiveJournal and Blogger and have another one at MySpace. You'll end up double or triple posting and that is a Bad Thing (TM).

Simplify, maaaan. Either you're a social networking site, or you're a blog, or you're a forum or you're an online store. Remember, you can't have your cake and eat it too :/