there are always going to be new methods
to share selfies or pictures of food
with your friends these ways kind of
stuck welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 failed social media platforms
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
focusing on social media sites that may
not necessarily be completely defunct or
shut down but they do or did have
terrible formatting scandalous policies
and/or simply went nowhere with what
they offered on guys right you don’t
want to talk about hey I’m just working
tonight man number 10 the hub the hub
lasting only a few months the hub was
Walmart’s poorly designed store brand
like take on myspace users could upload
videos but more importantly create wish
lists of the Walmart products they so
desired what better gift to give a loved
one than the Jack Hawke 9000 available
at Walmart as one would expect there was
a lack of engagement heavy advertising
and a lot of people asking why it’s hard
to determine whether Walmart plan to
stick with the network or not but
judging from the timing it seems like it
was nothing more than a marketing ploy
for the back-to-school season number
nine ello ello is a service that claims
to be free of ads doesn’t enforce a real
name policy and never sells user
information
featuring hash tag functions are not
suitable for work setting and a bread
emoji – like posts for whatever reason
bread bikes in fact ll arrived on the
scene with the potential to knock down
competitors if only it didn’t look just
like them at first L had a design
similar to Facebook but it’s since
morphed into something more resembling
Pinterest while critics have praised its
innovation it’s been noted that the lack
of popular traction could lead to its
downfall number eight dig the phoretic
we had dig a social news site where
users could upvote or downvote articles
sounds like a good idea on paper but
this led groups to band together to bury
certain articles while digging pages
with other stories they felt were
important which ultimately led to
spamming time again finished
reading to every computer in the office
funny adding two digs problems was an
encryption key leaked in 2007 with a
series of article removals thereafter
which caused the community to accuse the
network of violating free speech
meanwhile with dig busy ironing out
these issues Facebook and reddit were
rising in popularity making the website
effectively obsolete number 7 diaspora
in a world where advertisements pop up
almost anywhere
diaspora had the benefit of refusing to
place any kind of ad much like ello you
don’t want to ruin in bed because as
uncool detective you might be quick to
say sign us up based on that alone if
only it weren’t for its shortcoming the
format was practically a carbon copy of
Google+ and it didn’t provide many basic
features that can be found on Facebook
the biggest burden was that you would
have to install software on your
computer just to use the service an
extra step that caused many to just
stick with Facebook number 6
xanga if you want to launch your own
social network take a lesson from xanga
one of the oldest social networks on
this list and one that is surprisingly
still active you guys are still here but
just wait until you hear about the
service it provides users can make their
own blogs with audio video and many
blogs about whatever they want to share
they would like you to blog for them ok
must be my trick here but as I said blog
there the basic features of a social
network let’s display their long history
they can’t seem to get a moment in the
limelight
and how can they when there are more
powerful blogging sites like tumblr in
the end Banga just doesn’t seem to do
anything to really set itself apart
number 5 or cook named after its creator
or QlikView cooked in this platform was
google’s first step into social media
that first step however was more of a
stumble as the network was littered with
worms
and authentication issues
or could also served as home to several
hate campaign and a harbor to suspected
pedophiles resulting in the company
being issued fines and lawsuits on top
of that there were tons of fake profiles
and spam making it surprising that this
platform survived an entire decade in
2014 or could wave the white flag
stating it was shutting down due to the
popularity of Facebook YouTube blogger
and Google+ number for Google+
Google’s early adventures in the social
media space saw the creation of Google
Wave which had a messy and confusing
format and Google Buzz which suffered
from weak privacy policies and resulted
in stolen information are you guys I
don’t know whatever data mining oh hell
yes then came Google+ as Google’s fourth
attempt at social media this was the
most imposing service they launched
youtubers were forced to make account to
comment on videos and if you chose to
not release your real name your account
could be suspended follow me on Google+
just kidding no one can use that go
Instagram changes were eventually made
but the damage had already been done and
the fallout lingers meanwhile celebrity
endorsements are unlikely to change
anyone’s mind about the platform number
three
Friendster comes we live under the
subway with a PEO of Friendster
considered the grandfather of social
network
Friendster was essentially of Facebook
prototypes the network could be used for
sharing photos and videos discovering
new places and events and even dating
you looking to score I can respect that
it tried keeping up with the trends and
features set by Facebook but by 2011 it
gave up that battle and changed to a
gaming platform however by the time that
transition was made most gamers were
comfortably hold up on Xbox Live
PlayStation Network and Steam do you
where’d you hear that Friendster
although Friendster had a foothold in
Asia the writing was on the wall the
company closed its doors in 2015 citing
quote a lack of engagement by the online
community and the
failure to keep up with the industry
number two ping also known as iTunes
pain what do you think in hindsight was
it really a big surprise that iTunes
tried to jump on the social media
bandwagon in 2010 Apple Inc announced it
was expanding the iTunes branch with its
own social network ping through the
service users could follow their
favorite recording artists as well as
friends you know like you do on Facebook
and Twitter I’m not on Twitter I know
what you’re talking about Apple
eventually realized this but not until
two years had gone by pulling the plug
on ping in 2012 Apple offered Facebook
and Twitter integration for iTunes in
its place looking back integration would
have been a better move from the get-go
and it would have saved users from the
never-ending spam that follows sign up
before we share our top pick here are
some honorable mentions
[Music]
number one my space guy somebody call a
janitor a fourteen-year-old girl you
don’t over the stage oh sorry that’s
just my space before Facebook came into
the world
myspace was the top dog in social media
it retained the status of the largest
social networking site in the world for
four years and it helped launch
companies like Zynga and rock you
however after Mark Zuckerberg Unleashed
his website on the world it only took a
few years for users to unfriend Tom and
myspace to sink into obscurity sort of
technotrekker my second fellow Mossberg
Wow considered dead by the general
public and basically a pop-culture
punchline the site is still alive but it
continues to struggle with keeping
itself relevant while being overshadowed
by Facebook don’t you use Facebook
Connect now I don’t want to talk about
do you agree with our pics check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
to share selfies or pictures of food
with your friends these ways kind of
stuck welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 failed social media platforms
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
focusing on social media sites that may
not necessarily be completely defunct or
shut down but they do or did have
terrible formatting scandalous policies
and/or simply went nowhere with what
they offered on guys right you don’t
want to talk about hey I’m just working
tonight man number 10 the hub the hub
lasting only a few months the hub was
Walmart’s poorly designed store brand
like take on myspace users could upload
videos but more importantly create wish
lists of the Walmart products they so
desired what better gift to give a loved
one than the Jack Hawke 9000 available
at Walmart as one would expect there was
a lack of engagement heavy advertising
and a lot of people asking why it’s hard
to determine whether Walmart plan to
stick with the network or not but
judging from the timing it seems like it
was nothing more than a marketing ploy
for the back-to-school season number
nine ello ello is a service that claims
to be free of ads doesn’t enforce a real
name policy and never sells user
information
featuring hash tag functions are not
suitable for work setting and a bread
emoji – like posts for whatever reason
bread bikes in fact ll arrived on the
scene with the potential to knock down
competitors if only it didn’t look just
like them at first L had a design
similar to Facebook but it’s since
morphed into something more resembling
Pinterest while critics have praised its
innovation it’s been noted that the lack
of popular traction could lead to its
downfall number eight dig the phoretic
we had dig a social news site where
users could upvote or downvote articles
sounds like a good idea on paper but
this led groups to band together to bury
certain articles while digging pages
with other stories they felt were
important which ultimately led to
spamming time again finished
reading to every computer in the office
funny adding two digs problems was an
encryption key leaked in 2007 with a
series of article removals thereafter
which caused the community to accuse the
network of violating free speech
meanwhile with dig busy ironing out
these issues Facebook and reddit were
rising in popularity making the website
effectively obsolete number 7 diaspora
in a world where advertisements pop up
almost anywhere
diaspora had the benefit of refusing to
place any kind of ad much like ello you
don’t want to ruin in bed because as
uncool detective you might be quick to
say sign us up based on that alone if
only it weren’t for its shortcoming the
format was practically a carbon copy of
Google+ and it didn’t provide many basic
features that can be found on Facebook
the biggest burden was that you would
have to install software on your
computer just to use the service an
extra step that caused many to just
stick with Facebook number 6
xanga if you want to launch your own
social network take a lesson from xanga
one of the oldest social networks on
this list and one that is surprisingly
still active you guys are still here but
just wait until you hear about the
service it provides users can make their
own blogs with audio video and many
blogs about whatever they want to share
they would like you to blog for them ok
must be my trick here but as I said blog
there the basic features of a social
network let’s display their long history
they can’t seem to get a moment in the
limelight
and how can they when there are more
powerful blogging sites like tumblr in
the end Banga just doesn’t seem to do
anything to really set itself apart
number 5 or cook named after its creator
or QlikView cooked in this platform was
google’s first step into social media
that first step however was more of a
stumble as the network was littered with
worms
and authentication issues
or could also served as home to several
hate campaign and a harbor to suspected
pedophiles resulting in the company
being issued fines and lawsuits on top
of that there were tons of fake profiles
and spam making it surprising that this
platform survived an entire decade in
2014 or could wave the white flag
stating it was shutting down due to the
popularity of Facebook YouTube blogger
and Google+ number for Google+
Google’s early adventures in the social
media space saw the creation of Google
Wave which had a messy and confusing
format and Google Buzz which suffered
from weak privacy policies and resulted
in stolen information are you guys I
don’t know whatever data mining oh hell
yes then came Google+ as Google’s fourth
attempt at social media this was the
most imposing service they launched
youtubers were forced to make account to
comment on videos and if you chose to
not release your real name your account
could be suspended follow me on Google+
just kidding no one can use that go
Instagram changes were eventually made
but the damage had already been done and
the fallout lingers meanwhile celebrity
endorsements are unlikely to change
anyone’s mind about the platform number
three
Friendster comes we live under the
subway with a PEO of Friendster
considered the grandfather of social
network
Friendster was essentially of Facebook
prototypes the network could be used for
sharing photos and videos discovering
new places and events and even dating
you looking to score I can respect that
it tried keeping up with the trends and
features set by Facebook but by 2011 it
gave up that battle and changed to a
gaming platform however by the time that
transition was made most gamers were
comfortably hold up on Xbox Live
PlayStation Network and Steam do you
where’d you hear that Friendster
although Friendster had a foothold in
Asia the writing was on the wall the
company closed its doors in 2015 citing
quote a lack of engagement by the online
community and the
failure to keep up with the industry
number two ping also known as iTunes
pain what do you think in hindsight was
it really a big surprise that iTunes
tried to jump on the social media
bandwagon in 2010 Apple Inc announced it
was expanding the iTunes branch with its
own social network ping through the
service users could follow their
favorite recording artists as well as
friends you know like you do on Facebook
and Twitter I’m not on Twitter I know
what you’re talking about Apple
eventually realized this but not until
two years had gone by pulling the plug
on ping in 2012 Apple offered Facebook
and Twitter integration for iTunes in
its place looking back integration would
have been a better move from the get-go
and it would have saved users from the
never-ending spam that follows sign up
before we share our top pick here are
some honorable mentions
[Music]
number one my space guy somebody call a
janitor a fourteen-year-old girl you
don’t over the stage oh sorry that’s
just my space before Facebook came into
the world
myspace was the top dog in social media
it retained the status of the largest
social networking site in the world for
four years and it helped launch
companies like Zynga and rock you
however after Mark Zuckerberg Unleashed
his website on the world it only took a
few years for users to unfriend Tom and
myspace to sink into obscurity sort of
technotrekker my second fellow Mossberg
Wow considered dead by the general
public and basically a pop-culture
punchline the site is still alive but it
continues to struggle with keeping
itself relevant while being overshadowed
by Facebook don’t you use Facebook
Connect now I don’t want to talk about
do you agree with our pics check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
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