Menshn - Louise Mensch launches a 'rival to twitter'

[mattie]

This. Is. Genius.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18518162

To precis, Louise Mensch has launched a 'rival to twitter' - presumably because twitter wasn't quite vacuous enough for her.

It's called Menshn.

Apparently, the name isn't a play on her surname, nor presumably upon Ubermensch, but instead is how 'mention' is pronounced by idiots.

Sadly, US-only, so you'll have to hold back on flaming and trolling for a while yet.

eta: I put it in UK politics as it's more interesting to slag off Mensch than Menshn.

 

[butchersapron]

She should call it bagshawe - as that - essentially - is what it is.

 

[Santino]

To be fair, I can see myself spending a lot of time on a site that's a bit like Twitter but organises conversations into groups - call them threads, perhaps - that you can choose to follow and contribute to.

 

[Idaho]

Something dedicated to rendering politics more inane and sound-bitey! Great! Love it!

 

[mattie]

To be fair, I can see myself spending a lot of time on a site that's a bit like Twitter but organises conversations into groups - call them threads, perhaps - that you can choose to follow and contribute to.

I hope that doesn't mean Menshn will be like urban but in txtspk.

 

[butchersapron]

I suspect the idea is more to get her known in the US - get on the Piers trail, flog some books etc

 

[OneStrike]

I registered out of interest, it's as crappy as i'd thought it would be. 3 available topics and the posts are mostly about Obama's religion and the like.

 

[frogwoman]

they should merge with birtherheadlines.com

 

[Dan U]

she's done it with an ex Blair guru

tells you all you need to know really.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Something dedicated to rendering politics more inane and sound-bitey! Great! Love it!

Apparently she was inspired by AOL chatrooms!

 

[mattie]

Apparently she was inspired by AOL chatrooms!

That goes some way to explaining her career.

 

[Roadkill]

Let her. It'll be a flop and she'll end up looking silly. Good.

 

[goldenecitrone]

Apparently, the name isn't a play on her surname, nor presumably upon Ubermensch, but instead is how 'mention' is pronounced by idiots.

How should 'mention' be pronounced?

 

[mattie]

How should 'mention' be pronounced?

Menschn. We all know it's men-tee-on, not like you're talking through a mouthful of hot food.

 

[goldenecitrone]

Menschn. We all know it's men-tee-on, not like you're talking through a mouthful of hot food.

Are you Spanish?

 

[mattie]

Are you Spanish?

To the best of my knowledge, no.

 

[goldenecitrone]

To the best of my knowledge, no.

Donde esta la casa de Pepe?

 

[goldenecitrone]

 

[Wilf]

Money's too tight to...

 

[Streathamite]

God I find Mensch so annoying and irritating

 

[Idaho]

God I find Mensch so annoying and irritating

H8r

 

[el-ahrairah]

To be fair, I can see myself spending a lot of time on a site that's a bit like Twitter but organises conversations into groups - call them threads, perhaps - that you can choose to follow and contribute to.

that will never catch on.

 

[el-ahrairah]

anyway, Bagshawe to succeed where Google, Salesforce, Yahoo, and christ alone who else have failed? anyone offering odds?

 

[frogwoman]

To be fair, I can see myself spending a lot of time on a site that's a bit like Twitter but organises conversations into groups - call them threads, perhaps - that you can choose to follow and contribute to.

That's a good idea. Perhaps people should be allowed to send each other private messages as well. And perhaps the groups of conversations should be organised by topic - let's call the topics forums

 

[Santino]

I wonder who's put the money up. I really, really hope it's News Corp.

 

[elbows]

Money's too tight to...

Louise Mensch said ‘We’re thrilled to be launching menshn as the election cycle gets into gear. On menshn political junkies like me can talk live to their peers about every poll, every swing state, every twist and turn of the world’s most enthralling political contest. And as we grow, we look forward to adding rooms and topics as the community drives demand. You can also donate to your favoured candidate right in-room. So join in and start the debate!’

http://menshn.tumblr.com/

 

[frogwoman]

The founders come from the center-left and center right of politics respectively. Luke Bozier worked for Tony Blair at Labour HQ as head of digital communications and founded the local government utility municpo.com. Louise Mensch is a Conservative member of Parliament in the UK and author of 14 popular novels. Both are passionate about politics and social media.

No, they come from the right and the hard right.

 

[ExtraRefined]

God I find Mensch so annoying and irritating

SEXCIST!!!!!!!!!111

 

[gabi]

this lot can fuck right off. I hope they get stabbed

 

[Fedayn]

Anyone else find it rather ironic that Jewish people use the word 'Mensch' to mean a stand up decent person who you can rely on.....?