Twitter is down, facebook is sketchy, and Knoyce is hilarious
Twitter is down, presumably due to a DDOS attack, and facebook is really sketchy today. While checking out blogs like TechCrunch and Mashable, I noticed a pattern….the people that have just "launched" the "new social network" called Knoyce are trying to capitalize on it.
On the Mashable post entitled "Facebook Down. Twitter Down. Social Media Meltdown,"a comment from someone named Tim:
press release about twitter and facebook going down http://bit.ly/14GNm4
Which leads to a press release:
Twitter & Facebook are Down….Knoyce.com is thriving!
Twitter and Facebook down….people joining Knoyce.com, the newest social media network that works!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRLog (Press Release) – Aug 06, 2009 – With the recent issues of Twitter and Facebook, many people worldwide have been acquiring about the new social media network Knoyce. Knoyce recently launched on Tuesday August 4, 2009 and has already reached many people everywhere. From the United States to Canada, South America, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Berlin, London, Serbia, the United Kingdom and many more, people are loving what Knoyce has to offer.
For those who are tired of the continual problems that Twitter and Facebook have every other month, go to http://www.knoyce.com and become a part of something "better than just nice…" but KNOYCE!!!
Read more about what Knoyce has to offer @ http://bit.ly/uwHHA
They’re spamming other posts as well, like on the updated Mashable post:
apparently the new network Knoyce.com is the only site thats working right now http://bit.ly/14GNm4
Which again links to the same garbage press release listed above.
Why is this getting me so worked up? Because Knoyce isn’t real. It isn’t a "new social media network". It’s just a NING NETWORK. Anyone can create a network on NING for free, and there are some really good ones out there. I really enjoy SocialCigar.com and Sysadmin-Network, both NING sites. But they’re not claiming to be new social networks.
If you check out the link from the press release that tells you "more about what Knoyce has to offer", it brings you to a wordpress.com blog that says:
After much anticipation, Knoyce has released it’s new social network site to the public for all to join. There have been many registered users that have taken well to the site and are already running with it. Some of the new members on Knoyce have already began tweeting about Knoyce and one member in particular, has already invited over 300 of his friends and family.
Right. Much anticipation, and someone invited his friends. Whoa.
I honestly believe that this is a massive prank by someone saying "I bet I can get a bunch of fools to join my fake social network, and I can do it without spending a penny. I’ll build a free NING network, and I’ll put up a wordpress.com blog, then I’ll put out free press releases. I’ll get publicity by spamming a bunch of blogs. It’ll be hilarious."
To that, my friend, I tip my hat to you. I think the Knoyce concept is pretty funny. Very nice.
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