Valleywag: People Aggregator

Does PeepAgg work? Who cares, it's fugly

Nick Douglas — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:56:42 PDT

New social site People Aggregator goes public tomorrow. But since the usual screenshot clearinghouse, TechCrunch.com, only posted a partial shot of the site, I figured you deserve a peek.

Oof. Makes MySpace look like Google.com. Owner Marc Canter committed the cardinal sin of Web 2.0 with his site: He didn't make it pretty.

By the way, if you want into the site early, use the username and password "paalpha".

People Aggregator [Official site]

People Aggregator video tour: Wagged edition

Nick Douglas — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:15:08 PDT

The homepage at Marc Canter's newly launched social service, People Aggregator (user/pass: paalpha/paalpha), promises a "video tour" of the site. Instead, it links to a video tour of Marc's porch.

After watching, I still didn't know what People Aggregator does, so I added some helpful subtitles. Enjoy!

Think you could do better? Remix this video with Jumpcut.

Marc's PeepAgg intro [.mov file]
Marc Canter's People Aggregator, snarked [Jumpcut remix]

People aggravator: Marc Canter gets lonely, spams for friends

Nick Douglas — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:22:58 PDT

PeopleAggregator, Marc Canter's startup that gives people another social network they don't need, launched last night with a huge round of unwanted invitations. Apparently, Canter (pictured) sent an e-mail to every person who's ever e-mailed him, inviting them to his confusing social service.

Yahoo blogger Jeremy Zawodny was the first to call out Canter. Canter replied with a barely readable rebuttal. His defense: Hey, you e-mailed me once, it's only fair.

Now the spam debate is snowballing. Mild-mannered Sean Bonner, founder of the Metroblogging network, says that Canter tried to spam his entire staff. Hard to believe all those recipients once e-mailed Canter, says Bonner. We've got a clear-cut case of spam.

Marc, buck up and tell yourself, "I can make friends without spam."

And then take a class in communication, 'cause damn, that shit is whack.

Opt-Out 2.0: Making Social Software Less Annoying [Jeremy Zawodny]
Yes - indeed we're inviting people in now [Marc Canter]
Spam by any other name... [Sean Bonner]