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Salon Wants To Be MySpace For Old People

fritosforlunch — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:02:35 EDT

sorry, i just joined a social networking site for knitters. i don't have time for other old people.

fritosforlunch

Salon Wants To Be MySpace For Old People

BinkysDream — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:10:59 EDT

I love the image with this story. It's so Patrick Nagel, which makes me both nostalgic and ashamed at the same time.

BinkysDream

Salon Wants To Be MySpace For Old People

TedSez — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:05:00 EDT

@Mediahohoho: Did you bend her Wookiee?

TedSez

Salon Wants To Be MySpace For Old People

Mediahohoho — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:55:36 EDT

But I do have to say it's been rather interesting watching Camille Paglia morph into a neo-conservative apologist for George Bush. It's like a chrysalis...of shit.

Mediahohoho

Salon Wants To Be MySpace For Old People

Mediahohoho — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:53:16 EDT

@TedSez: I briefly dated a woman who moderated a sci-fi chatroom on the well.

Yeah, that didn't work out so well.

Mediahohoho

Salon Wants To Be MySpace For Old People

VenusCloacina — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:44:00 EDT

@BinkysDream: I'm calling dibs on being monetized by Stein! Or TAN, if they have to subcontract.

VenusCloacina

Salon Wants To Be MySpace For Old People

BinkysDream — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:26:19 EDT

Yesterday the whole idea of GawkerSelect was trashed, and now the concept of OpenGawker is a non-starter. But dammit, I'm self-absorbed too, and the idea of being monetized by Emily is strangely exciting.

BinkysDream

Salon Wants To Be MySpace For Old People

Aatom — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:22:23 EDT

This is a great post, but it might help explain why a site that doesn't deconstruct their job listings got the $23 mil.

Aatom

Salon Wants To Be MySpace For Old People

PandoraSpocks — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:19:24 EDT

Clearly these morons don't realize that this niche has already been filled by the personal ads in the NYRB, which are not only highly entertaining as fiction but also use a lot of adjectives.

PandoraSpocks

Salon Wants To Be MySpace For Old People

Ha Ha Sound — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:14:34 EDT

I'd pay Salon just to stop running those horrible Tom the Dancing Bugs cartoons.

Ha Ha Sound

Salon Wants To Be MySpace For Old People

SarahHeartburn — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:14:29 EDT

I'm waiting for them to merge with The Utne Reader and then morph into a mess of sticky green goo.

SarahHeartburn

Salon Wants To Be MySpace For Old People

LolCait — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:10:45 EDT

I've long been looking for a place to wear my white wig, cluck my tongue, and extol the virtues of epistemology...and get a date to the movies.

LolCait

Salon Wants To Be MySpace For Old People

TedSez — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:08:59 EDT

The Well is MySpace for people who only use the Web to discuss The Whole Earth Catalog.

TedSez

Salon Wants To Be MySpace For Old People

ellagood — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:59:55 EDT

i have been patiently waiting here for almost a year to be exploited.

ellagood

Salon Wants To Be MySpace For Old People

KarenUhOh — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:59:09 EDT

Shit. If I'd bought their stock in '03 I'd have four dollars now.

KarenUhOh

Salon Wants To Be MySpace For Old People

VenusCloacina — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:54:53 EDT

Cary Tennis probably advised them to do this. It's really the only explanation.

VenusCloacina