You know Web has gone too far when…
…when a witty-named-but-oh-so-passe application launches, offering almost free ($3.95) MySpace stalking.
For this small fee, they undertake the painstaking task of watching the MySpace profile you provide them, notifying you when it changes relationship status. That is, when your victim breaks up with the hated other.
Lose a partner no more! Be the first to stalk the person of your dreams! Never stand in emotional queues again!
O tempora, o mores.
June 7th, 2006 at 7:37 pm
Shameless plug for DatingAnyone.com, same concept but with many more advanced features…
Imports your entire friendslist in seconds.
Browse your friends by status, age, gender
RSS XML feeds for inclusion on custom Google / Yahoo Homepages.
Cheers
- Jared
June 7th, 2006 at 10:22 pm
Scary. Very, very scary.
It is sad that folks are both promoting this sot of activity by creating this tool and profiting from it as well.
Just another reason not to touch MySpace with a ten foot pole.
June 8th, 2006 at 1:47 am
i don’t think it’s scary as much as it’s an admission of what people really do on sites like Myspace.com. I asked my little sister (college student) about it, and she saw it as a natural extension of how she and her friends periodically checked each other’s profiles to see if someone hot was on or off the market, or whether there was something new to gossip about.
I’m working on an opt-out function this weekend. DatingAnyone.com just uses the friendslist as an input. If you really aren’t comfortable with someone looking at those aspects of your profile, why are you friends with them on Myspace in the first place?
June 8th, 2006 at 3:40 pm
All the MySpace hype is too overrated, in my opinion.
I guess it’s another characteristic of our Internet times…