Short and sweet post today that instead of ranting, I thought would be easier to list out. Also, it’s fair to note that I have blogged (or will blog) about almost every one of these things. And preface: these are in no particular order- I’m unable to prioritize lists. And yes, it was going to be 20, but two of them were stupid. So gimme a break.
So let’s get into it: 18 things I’m sick of hearing in the “web 2.0″ world:
- “Web 2.0″
- Facebook: “You have a _______ request” - Anything but “friend” and I’m going to click on “ignore”
- “Mashup”
- “Beta” - That’s right Google, I mean you. New products and builds can be beta tested, but you have no right to keep the “beta” tag on Gmail.
- “Microhoo“
- “Blog-o-____” - Sphere or verse - both are annoying
- “Digg Users Revolt” - If something happens every three weeks, is it still really that interesting?
- “Rickroll” - Purposefully left linkless
- “Ruby on Rails” - Ok, you’ve picked your startup’s development framework. Have you picked a function yet?
- “Viral” - You can’t just make a viral video, but you can make a video viral
- “Social Search” - This just doesn’t sound like it would do anything but be awkward
- “Melissa Gira Grant“
- “Facebook is the new AOL” - This is true. Let’s move on
- “AOL” - I can’t come up with a reason why we still talk about AOL, aside from introductory high school internet history classes (those should exist), or comparing it to Facebook…
- “Shiny“
- “Diggbait“
- “CPM” - We’re not looking at your banner. But keep wasting your money, I don’t mind
- “Twitter is Down“
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:39 am
To round out the top 20, two more suggestions:
19) Twitter bots
20) Blog posts that start with “Sorry I haven’t blogged in a while”
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:21 am
@Adam
#20 is awesome. Completely wish I thought of that myself! It would also fit in the “let’s make fun of something that I have done” category… which is perfect for this list.
May 24th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
I have grown very tired of the “x requests” on Facebook too. I’m also sick of people who have so many apps on their profile that I can’t find their Wall to leave a message. Hooray for open development, Boo to unneeded inanity.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:58 am
for someone who really loves the internet, you really hate the internet.
May 28th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
@Drew That line completely sums up this blog. I might have to re-write my tagline to be your comment. Good stuff
August 22nd, 2008 at 7:59 am
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