BOOMj.com: social networking for those who aren’t into social networking
[TC] BOOMj.com: Social Networking For Baby Boomers:
BOOMj.com is a “lifestyle and social network” for Baby Boomers … BOOMj.com offers the usual variety of social networking features including blogs, video, friends, relationships etc… as well as travel deals, financial information, health and wellness and celebrity gossip. By their own description BOOMj.com is MySpace meets Amazon.com for the over 40’s.
You have a job, a family, a house, a whole bunch of real responsibilities. You are hoping to have enough time in your busy schedule to go get a colonoscopy. What’s missing? Social networking. And no, that does not include stalking your kids on Facebook. We mean connecting with other people going through a mid-life crisis while having demographic-targeted advertising shoved down your throat. Thanks BOOMj.com!
Next week: Anheuser-Busch attempts to tap (pun intended) into a new market by launching a website that helps seniors organize keggers*. Just because you are collecting social security doesn’t mean you have to act like it.
* kegger: A wild party where beer is served (usually in disposable plastic cups) from a keg. Keggers are usually associated with high school and college students, but anybody can throw one if they’ve got a lot of friends and at least one keg of beer. [urbandictionary.com]
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The post above is the problem with internet today. Everyone is so self-obsessed that they can not see the value in what real innovation offers. Boomj lets adults who have a real life (unlike those in the blogosphere) come together and facilitate change. Just because your over 40 does not mean that you do not need help with your problems or that you do not get bored at work. Let these people have access to the best the internet can offer. Let them talk with other people and escape the shackles of middle age boredom. Let them post bulletin messages, let them join groups, let them live. And hopefully, then they will not have the time or the energy to read your blog because it is garbage.