Comments on: Buddyzoo!

Buddyzoo!

aznblader — Tue, 15 Apr 2003 03:25:18 -0800

Buddyzoo is an interesting new site that lets you see which buddies on your AIM buddy list your buddies share with you. Sort of like a six degrees of seperation kind of thing. Very neat. Go check it out and sign up! And tell your friends!

By: slater

slater — Tue, 15 Apr 2003 03:37:11 -0800

Welcome to SpamFilter!

By: RavinDave

RavinDave — Tue, 15 Apr 2003 03:41:24 -0800

I'm guessing you're not on aznblader's "buddy list".

By: aznblader

aznblader — Tue, 15 Apr 2003 04:01:24 -0800

Say what? It doesn't require an email address, and it's a site just put up last saturday by a caltech student. What's the deal? Doesn't anyone use AIM here? Or am the only college student here?

By: signal

signal — Tue, 15 Apr 2003 06:21:13 -0800

I think it's the repeated links and exclamation marks!!! that give it that spam vibe.

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 15 Apr 2003 06:32:52 -0800

Say what? Standard operating procedure, aznblader. All posts involving products will receive accusations of Spam! or Viral Marketing! per Mefi code. (Not that I'm a big fan of AOL.)

By: dhacker

dhacker — Tue, 15 Apr 2003 06:34:33 -0800

So aznblader - it may be a great thing, but in the future refraining from the "tell your friends" schtick would lend some credibility. And yes, I think you are the only college student here.

By: Samizdata

Samizdata — Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:01:16 -0800

Well, it would be awfully nifty if Trillian Pro users like myself didn't have to bloody install AIM to use it.

By: stoneegg21

stoneegg21 — Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:24:19 -0800

I'm a college student too. Graduate in 25 days, but I'm still here.

By: gramcracker

gramcracker — Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:34:28 -0800

And I was one last year. And I'm gonna be a med student next year. And I use AIM. I'm gonna check it out, aznblader. Don't you worry.

By: reality

reality — Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:29:47 -0800

Fools! DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE. They are collecting AIM handles in order to SEND INSTANT ADVERTISING!!! Do you want your IM to be spammed too?

By: jmackin

jmackin — Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:38:48 -0800

Looks real thought-out too. From the FAQ: "When was the site started? It was launched to the public on Saturday." Are they planning on being live for more than a week?

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:50:20 -0800

I saw this link on /. last night, so I tried it. My popularity score was 0, with 518,971 more popular and 138,962 less popular. Somehow that put me in the 21.12th percentile. So I thought I'd try someone who was way more popular. Mathowie returned a popularity score of 2, with a popularity ranking of 27590, and with 27,589 people more popular, 631,363 less popular, which puts him in the 95.81st percentile. It's good to be king!

By: aznblader

aznblader — Tue, 15 Apr 2003 17:04:06 -0800

Your popularity score: 13. This is the number of members who have you on their lists. Popularity ranking: 785 (percentile: 99.90). 784 people are more popular, 768269 are less popular. I'm an AIM whore.