SocialMedian: The Social News Site A 5-Year Old Would Think Of
03.07.08Filed Under: Uncategorized
Perhaps you already know the story about SocialMedian and its founder Jason Goldberg. He’s the one who started the jobs site with the derivative name Jobster. It raised a ton of money, never really had anything to show for it, and Goldberg was forced out. Not just forced out of the company, but forced out of the West Coast. Well, he left Seattle and moved to New York to start in a place where his reputation didn’t precede him.
SocialMedian used to be the name of his blog, but now it’s his social news startup. Now before we get to explaining what SocialMedia is, ask yourself: If you asked a 5-year old to come up with a social news site, what’s the most obvious, simple idea they’d come up with? You guessed it. You make friends, everyone submits some links of what they’re reading, and the site tells you the most popular shit your friends are reading. That’s SocialMedian, it’s that simple. Nevermind the fact that there are already sites doing stuff way more advanced. Nevermind the fact that this requires everyone you know to join yet another site for it to be even marginally useful. And nevermind the fact that it’s based on the tired notion that you really care what your friends are reading.
As far as we know, SocialMedian is just Jason, a development team India, and we’re shocked to learn that he’s even raised seed money from WashingtonPost Interactive (this should be the poster boy for Pre Series A, since in fact that’s what SocialMedian is).
Perhaps more hilarious than the site itself is its founder, and his attempts to get attention for it. Let’s take a look at Goldberg’s latest activity on Twitter:
socialmedian @dannysullivan Track Venture Capital News from 100+ sources. http://tinyurl.com/6mmylq anyone can now join. 22 minutes ago from web in reply to dannysullivan
socialmedian @om Track Venture Capital Funding News from 100+ sources. http://tinyurl.com/6mmylq anyone can now join. 23 minutes ago from web in reply to om
socialmedian @techcrunch Track Venture Capital Funding News from 100+ sources http://tinyurl.com/6mmylq anyone can now join. 23 minutes ago from web in reply to TechCrunch
socialmedian @scobleizer Track Venture Capital Funding News from 100+ sources. http://tinyurl.com/6mmylq anyone can now join. 24 minutes ago from web in reply to Scobleizer
socialmedian @scobleizer Track Venture Capital Funding News from 100+ sources. http://tinyurl.com/6mmylq anyone can now join. 24 minutes ago from web in reply to Scobleizer
socialmedian @mashable Track Venture Capital News from 100+ sources. http://tinyurl.com/6mmylq anyone can now join.@ 24 minutes ago from web in reply to mashable
Yep, this is the new face of startup marketing. Just annoy some top bloggers on Twitter and hope they notice. It’s the web 2.0 equivalent of standing outside of a reporter’s office, hoping show off your shiny new gizmo. It’s spam without the shame.
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