Dodgeball May Be Gone, But Your Kind Donation In Its Memory Can Live Forever!
Awwww, Charitini’s first reblog! It’s only fitting that this new spark of life should fly from the ashes of Dodgeball, a service I never really used (except for signing up, following Peter Feld and then abandoning it. But it was fun to quiety stalk Peter. Hi Peter. I like your shirt today).
For anyone following Dodgegate, some links: Rick’s Soliloquy, Peter’s Last Days, Caroline’s Eulogy, Gawker’s Take-down, and Dens’ Retort.
In any case, I was bummed to hear that Dodgeball was being killed, because as an outside observer it always seemed pretty genius to me: An ideal, real-life social networking site for urban tribes. Think about it: You check in with your significant other every day, just to see what’s up; as largely single (or, um, single-acting) people, it makes perfect sense to do that within your extended group of friends. It has been so incredibly well-used within this group that I can’t believe Google never wanted to bother figuring out how to replicate that - call it micro-viral, I think it would have worked well, particularly for young grads moving to the city. (It would have been great for me when I moved here; I only knew lawyers.) Joanne McNeil thinks the that’s what sunk Dodgeball, the “neediness” (and I guess, vulnerability) of sending out a message to your network (what if no one joins you?), but to me that would have been the appeal. It’s basically like turning every bar you go to into “Cheers,” and you get to be Norm.
Well, now it’s too late. So I guess there won’t be quite as much co-ordinated group drinking going on. Hm, whatever could you do with the money you would have otherwise spent on drinks? Hey! I know!
p.s. I don’t know how to make this not link to Rex’s post. Tumblr is so easy it’s confusing.
