I used to be a subscriber to Mashable. Then I realized one day - they post all the news they can get, and 99% of the sites out there are either 1) stupid or 2) crappy or 3) useless or (most likely) 4) all of the above.

One of the biggest reasons I blogged was to point out sites that made no sense. Dead20.com has been gone for a while … so I headed on over to Mashable to find someone to pick at.

The first page did not disappoint.

Mashable talks about MyDesignIn, where you can design your house in a ’social’ setting.

• A social site is exactly as it says - a social exercise. You want to know what your friends are upto. What events they are visiting. What restaurants they have visited. But do you really care what your friends think should be in a house? I sure as hell don’t, and my random straw poll on our own IM network drew 0/6 enthusiastic responses.
• Continuing on with the social theme, you join a social site to come again and again. Once you have your house designed - then what? Are you going to come back to share pictures … and then what?
• Mashable compares the site to something like StyleHive. While I am not a big fan of StyleHive as a site, it has a purpose - ’style’ is always changing. You want to know what is new and chic. But in the house? I don’t think so.
• Lets say I do want to design my house and share it with everyone and get rated and other jazz like that. How am I going to find MyDesignIn? This can work as a feature on a bigger site, but stand-alone? Nope. And that is its biggest weakness. But perhaps they are making a play to be acquired.

Good to know that web 2.0 continues to suck.

PS. I just realized that the headlines I use are more random musings than attention-grabbing headlines. Someone teach me