Category

DOA

• Web 1.0, DOA

  NYT Lays an Egg - Says Bye Bye to Paying Users

  08.07.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  “Why is my employer so stupid?” We’re wondering the same thing Tom.
  The once venerable New York Times has decided according to the never-venerable Mashable to end it’s premium “Times Select” service. With approximately 220,000 members paying $7.95 per month, the NYT was generating $1.75 MM per month or $21 MM per year. […]

• Tools, TechCrunch, DOA

  Is Blogging Ready for a Retarded Workforce?

  08.06.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  What’s not to like about communism? Our favorite blogtard Duncan Riley writes another eloquent post about whether bloggers should unionize. While his conclusion is that it won’t happen because of the supply of labor, there are a few other arguments against blogger unionization that he misses:
  1. Unionization leads to a “minimum wage” […]

• TechCrunch, DOA

  NoFoodHere = NoBrainHere

  08.05.07 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  Duncan Riley continues his verbal diarrhea over at TechCrunch spewing shit over the world for Web 2.0 fanboys to lap up. Today, we note the lovely NoFoodHere which is a quaint search engine that allows tabbed searching with live updating of results to give you an endless stream of useless information. It’s […]

• TechCrunch, DOA

  PayPerPost - The World’s First Retard-Generated Ad Network

  08.02.07 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  Paris Hilton taught little girls that it was okay to be dumb and slutty. PayPerPost is teaching stay-at-home mom bloggers that it is okay to be dumb and shilly.
  Many of you have probably already read about PayPerPost. It is founded by Ted Murphy - a guy who tries to develop a cult of […]

• TechCrunch, Y Combinator, DOA

  AdPinion - Vote on How Much You Dislike This Company!

  08.02.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  TechCrunch has an article on yet another bomb from Y Combinator known as “AdPinion”. Well AdPinion, my opinion is that you suck and will fail.
  There are a number of problems with this idea so let’s go through one-by-one:
  1. Advertising is not music. AdPinion is not Pandora. Let’s be clear on this. People barely pay attention […]

The Web 2.0 Repository for Bad Ideas

about

TechDumpster provides coverage and analysis of the worst tech startups. Are you tired of the hype? Wondering how these Web 2.0 companies make money? Then you've come to the right place.

subscribe by email

search

recent

• RockYou and Slide = Ponzi Scheme 2.0
• Fake Being Important by Claiming You Can’t Answer Email Anymore
• frequent travelers, all aload of Dopplr?
• Why Paul Graham’s “The Future of Web App” Essay is wrong
• Social Lending - Boom or Bust?