A Place to Hate.
Sunday, September 27, 2009 by May Rose
Since taking this paper I’ve realised just how much Social Networking Sites annoy me. I have since deleted my stale MySpace and Bebo accounts. This has left me with Facebook as my main Social Networking Site. But these days every time I go on there, I always seem to find something annoying. Whether it be the constant bombardment of quizzes people have taken, that little list on the right of “Highlights”, or little suggestions of “friends you should add” or “groups you should join.” In a moment of desperation I googled “facebook haters” and I stumped across a blogging site called http://www.facebookhaters.com/ which lead me to a site called hatebook, a facebook parody.
When I think parodies I normally think of movies, tv shows and songs that have been mocked. But it appears not even Facebook is immune from mocked. Like Wonderwoman or a bad soap, facebook’s evil twin hatebook has emerged from the darkness. It has been made as a place for people to vent their frustrations, take things into perspective, and numerous other “evil” things. It has sections such as “why I’m better then you” and hate albums allocated for photos of things you hate. Perhaps one of the most intriguing things is that the layout is similar to facebook accept that it is red and has the opposite categories of facebook. Instead of “suggestions” or “people you should add” it has “These suckers hate too.” In short hatebook is the evil opposite of facebook and a great place to vent away from the increasing numbers of family members and bosses.
Though if you are keen on privacy then you might want to forget about hatebook as all junkmail can be seen by users. Also, the privacy settings are limited. Otherwise for those needing a social networking site alternative then try hatebook.
http://www.hatebook.com/
When I think parodies I normally think of movies, tv shows and songs that have been mocked. But it appears not even Facebook is immune from mocked. Like Wonderwoman or a bad soap, facebook’s evil twin hatebook has emerged from the darkness. It has been made as a place for people to vent their frustrations, take things into perspective, and numerous other “evil” things. It has sections such as “why I’m better then you” and hate albums allocated for photos of things you hate. Perhaps one of the most intriguing things is that the layout is similar to facebook accept that it is red and has the opposite categories of facebook. Instead of “suggestions” or “people you should add” it has “These suckers hate too.” In short hatebook is the evil opposite of facebook and a great place to vent away from the increasing numbers of family members and bosses.
Though if you are keen on privacy then you might want to forget about hatebook as all junkmail can be seen by users. Also, the privacy settings are limited. Otherwise for those needing a social networking site alternative then try hatebook.
http://www.hatebook.com/