Antisocial Media

In February this year I was playing with Ning, and set up what I think is the world's first Anti Social Network, GrumpyBugger.arg

Problem with Ning is that it is a world of its own so the grumpyblogosphere can't easily post to it. Only 4 posts so far...bleeding heck! (Still, it is an antisocial network)

Stupid name anyway, Ning. What were they thinking, needs an "r" at the end!

Anyway, this post was to just to claim that I was first with antisocial media in case some other b*st*rd tries to claim it.

Or Patent it.

Like Flickr. Looks like you can patent anything these days! Maybe I should patent AntiSocial Networking. Maybe I should invent a rating routine for Orneriness, just tippex out Interestingness and replace it with Orniriness, heaven knows the Flickr patent is wide open enough.

And as for the rubbish most blogs spout, and RSS feeds and all that - you'd think it had only just been invented. I remember when you had to know your Archie from your Veronica...we had it tough.

Seriously, I do think though that there is a role for a site that picks up on life's frustrations, see which ones really resonate - may even get something done about them.

Now blog off the lot of you, I want my coffee

Postscript - Found this very interesting post on antisocial media applications on Seamus McCauley's blog here