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CNET: The Buzz Report: Worst social networks ever

2008-08-07
hi i'm molly wooden welcome to the buzz report this week security friendly laptop bags and ultra in each social networking all get made fun of let's get started with the gadget of the week the gadje of the week is the new checkpoint friendly laptop bag from air ovation more bags are coming soon from targets and other makers the idea is that you can fold open the actual bag and then send it into the screening machine so you don't have to take your laptop out of your bag at security genius around twenty twelve or so when every TSA agent has gotten the memo about these bags and how they work and how you actually don't have to remove your laptop from this particular kind of bag even though it looks like every other bag then this is really going to speed things up at the airport yay and now for the news this week a buzz reports special report the state of social networking I get a lot of press releases here at buzz report headquarters and a lot of them like a lot lately are about social networks this week I was introduced to we play which is a youth sports specific social network funded in part by Peyton Manning LeBron James and Derek Jeter the big draw appears to be that if you join you can be friends with LeBron or Peyton or Derek or other big-name athletes like Shaun Alexander not friends like they'll come to your house just internet friends and this week I was also introduced to Savi anti-com that's a site for so-called Pancks professional ants no kids it appears to me to be a social network for people who are over involved in their sisters or brothers child rearing but whatever the community for women who love kids has information on books the lyrics to children's songs articles about how to play with your nieces and nephews like I learned that coloring is fun and kids like ice cream and then I found an article about Botox I don't I so I talked to some actual aunts about this and here are some of their comments like I really need a website to tell me that kids like ice cream if anyone ever calls me a pink I would slap their face so you're saying ants that you don't believe as CEO Melanie not consent or press release that tank is the new pink oh I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit see and here's the other thing about social networking social networks with a lot of people on them get pot for a lot of money even though they don't make a lot of money social networks that appeal to about 85 people who are willing to utterly subjugate themselves to the idea that they fit precisely into the category of youth sports fan or pank and absolutely nothing else those sites don't seem to get out of beta but hey maybe one of these will surprise me pink and finally let's have a look at what's clogging the tubes this week it's the al dente blogs list of the five hot dogs that will kill you how by clogging the tubes and that's it for this week's show everyone i'm molly wood and this has been the buzz report thanks for watching
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