(I’m guesting over at The No Look Pass today – may or may not be up yet as you read this.)
So Yahoo! has broken out with their Twitter clone, titled Yahoo! Meme.
I got an early invite, and near as I can tell, I’m the first person on there from the United States, and one of the 2% of users who speak English. Apparently the Meme is big in Portugal, and that country even has its own language and everything.
Being put in this position does have its advantages. For example, I was the first person in history to talk about all of the following on Yahoo! Meme: Michael Jordan, unicorns, honkies, and candy. Can someone put this in my Wikipedia.
My early impression of the service is as follows:
1) I can’t find any people who speak English.
2) There’s no search function for topics, only people.
3) When I search for people, they’re all from Portugal.
4) I’ve been told that “meme” is pronounced “meeme”, which really bothers me. If you’ve read my Brad Radby book (warning: that’s an Amazon link), you know I love memes – I always said it as “mehm”.
5) There’s like this way they make it creepy for you, in that some of the links are like, “go see your meme”. It makes it sound like it’s part of your body, or some pseudo-sexual thing. I say quit trying to be clever and get some functionality in there.
6) Generally, I have no idea wtf I’m supposed to do with my meme.
So there you go – and it’s a big relief I don’t feel any pull to add another another social networking site to the daily routine.
What’s your favorite thing to eat for breakfast that isn’t a breakfast food, and also have you ever put a rock in a microwave, and does the rock get warm if you do that.
(I’m guest-blogging every day somewhere different between now and year-end. If you want a post, let me know and I’ll put you on the sched. Also, go join the Facebook Page for my movie.)
