50 most bizarre social networks

By Rich Trenholm on 16 June 2008, 2:24pm

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46. Habbo
Virtual bricks...
And finally, a collection of the daftest social networks around, starting with Habbo, which hit the headlines recently when an enterprising young Dutch chap stole some virtual furniture, or something. Yes, this is a social network where you hang out with other kids and spend your parents' money on virtual furniture for a virtual hotel. Seriously, kids these days: they're barking.

47. LifeAt
...Actual mortar
Individual networks for people who live in the same actual building. Okaaayyyy. LifeAt boasts a selection of buildings, mainly in New York. If you live there, you can sign up and stop banging on the ceiling -- instead message the wasters in 34B demanding they turn the blinkin' music down.

48. MyFreeImplants
Just plain wrong: Boobs...
Crave recently published a feature on tech that's just wrong. If we'd known about MyFreeImplants then, it would have been a one-page feature with just the word MyFreeImplants in really, really big letters. Girls sign up to the site and post pictures and videos to solicit donations from male, er, 'benefactors', in the hope of making enough money to get free breast implants, whereupon they are inducted into 'Hooterville'. There's just no words, really.

49. CrackSpace
...Crack...
Meanwhile, hip-hop heads looking to avoid stereotyping can head for CrackSpace. It just writes itself, this one.

50. Anderstand
... And salsa!
Enjoy Salsa? Live in Brighton? You'll be wanting the inexplicably named Anderstand, a social network for people who enjoy Salsa in Brighton! Now that's niche.