Menshn - Louise Mensch launches a 'rival to twitter'

[Teaboy]

What does passionate about politics even mean?

 

[Garek]

Why has the BBC got an active link driving you to her site? That's a bloody plant that is.

 

[Streathamite]

SEXCIST!!!!!!!!!111

tbh, she and Harriet Harperson just set my teeth on edge

 

[Kippa]

What are the chances of Piers Morgan joining it? Them two would make a lovely couple.

 

[DotCommunist]

while I applaud all new social media in the hope that it will bring new lols to my life, Louise 'uber' mensch seems unsuited to the role of social media guru. Was mugged by piers morgan. Piers. Fucking morgan.n Talk about igominy

 

[OneStrike]

Talk about igominy

Just look at her site, I know its new and i'm no expert, but you make sites attractive to look at and functional before going live, right?

 

[Badgers]

Thought this thread would arrive soon

 

[october_lost]

What does passionate about politics even mean?

Wing-nut.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

This is totally going to fail. If a huge transnational corporation like Google can't make people love a social network like they do Facebook what hope has she?

 

[Kid_Eternity]

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

I've been thinking she's not seeing a future in politics due to not getting a big promotion quickly like she hoped and will just leave the UK to live in the states...

 

[Kid_Eternity]

she's done it with an ex Blair guru

tells you all you need to know really.

You mean the guy Blair said he doesn't know and only worked for someone that worked for Blair for a few weeks 7 years ago?

 

[jakethesnake]

I've been thinking she's not seeing a future in politics due to not getting a big promotion quickly like she hoped and will just leave the UK to live in the states...

Fucking hope so. I can't stand her. It'd be awful if she hung around in the UK doing the light entertainment circuit on BBC.

 

[not-bono-ever]

good to see our elected leaders have plenty of time for extra curricular activities like this. Vermin.

 

[fogbat]

How the fuck has the universe still not hilariously decapitated her?

 

[Brixton Hatter]

The Americans are already trolling the fuck out of her site.

Anyway, hasn't she got some constituents to represent? Yet another MP who considers their job part-time and goes off to run money-making schemes on the side. Fuck 'em.

 

[nino_savatte]

I hope this is a massive failure.

 

[Streathamite]

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

yes, but you'd need people to organise and regulate the conversations, so as to avoid shitstorms. Fuck knows what we'd call them though - I dunno, botherators, moderates, poderationals....

 

[elbows]

This is totally going to fail. If a huge transnational corporation like Google can't make people love a social network like they do Facebook what hope has she?

I don't think its trying to be a rival to twitter on the same scale though, its aiming to carve a niche, so I wouldn't compare it to Googles efforts really.

It could still easily fail though, either through lack of attracting enough/the right sort of users, trolls, or by having too much control over the topic categories and choosing shitty topics (will launch in uk for discussions about the olympic games apparently, how underwhelming)

Extra comedy value stems from her calls to close down social networks in times of strife.

Right thats enough waffle from me, Im off to make my millions by building MenschtrualPains.com

 

[junglevip]

a Menche site? Oh boy I gotta get me some of that!

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I don't think its trying to be a rival to twitter on the same scale though, its aiming to carve a niche, so I wouldn't compare it to Googles efforts really.

It could still easily fail though, either through lack of attracting enough/the right sort of users, trolls, or by having too much control over the topic categories and choosing shitty topics (will launch in uk for discussions about the olympic games apparently, how underwhelming)

Extra comedy value stems from her calls to close down social networks in times of strife.

Right thats enough waffle from me, Im off to make my millions by building MenschtrualPains.com

She said AOL was an inspiration so she's really not talking a few posts by a handful of posters, this is meant to be a full blown social network.

 

[DotCommunist]

AOL is inspiration? That'll be like when I tried to sort out the middle east by following IDF techniques

 

[elbows]

She said AOL was an inspiration so she's really not talking a few posts by a handful of posters, this is meant to be a full blown social network.

Did I say a handful of posters? No, niche's can still be quite large globally, they have high hopes but its not equivalent to Google trying to beat Facebook ffs.

I believe the AOL reference was in regard to having stuff organised by topic.

 

[Streathamite]

Right thats enough waffle from me, Im off to make my millions by building MenschtrualPains.com

Bada-bada-boom-TISH!

 

[Kid_Eternity]

AOL is inspiration? That'll be like when I tried to sort out the middle east by following IDF techniques

Indeed. She's having a laugh if she thinks that this will have any impact on the scale AOL once had...

 

[nino_savatte]

It seems Luke Bozier's coding talents aren't up to scratch.
http://politicalscrapbook.net/2012/...edium=psbook_featt&utm_campaign=psbook_featt4

 

[purenarcotic]

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.....?

Her name sullies its true meaning, it is most sad.

 

[Random]

How many users has it got? Hopefully it'll attract conservatives like flypaper and we can spy on them

 

[elbows]

lol as the site now works in the UK I took a look. Its unusable shite.

 

[SpookyFrank]

The highlight of their 'jokes' section is this:

"Why did the Hipster burn his mouth? Because he ate all his food before it was cool."​

So, Twitter is probably not losing too much sleep just yet.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Also, doesn't Mensch have some sort of day job she should be doing?