BigShinyThing

Just say no to the social networking phenomenon.

Tell someone they are dead to you at Snubster.

The Snubster Difference: Aren’t you tired of all of those people out there trying to grab all of these fake friends online? It’s all about how many people can I pretend to be friends with to make myself feel better. Welcome to a better way at Snubster.

Members of Snubster list what pisses them off: President Bush, guys who talk at urinals, etc. Snubster also allows its users to snub each other via e-mail. The site has a tool for sending an e-mail to people newly added to the list to tell them why they’re being snubbed. [Nice].

Software engineer Bryant Choung originally started Snubster as a satire of online social discovery services. Ironically, it is now bringing people together — Snubster users surf each others’ hate lists and sometimes get in contact.

“It has developed into a sort of community atmosphere,” Choung says. “It seems as though people find entertainment and connections in finding other people that hate the same things as them.”

‘Courtesy’ of Nettime.

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