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02.14.2005

bebo.com

Filed under: a group of folks,news @ 01:45

Holly got me to join bebo.com. It’s… not evil. I was really impressed. A nice change from Friendster, which is truly awful (slow, ugly, bloated beast that it is). It’s an interesting idea, but, man, Friendster did not pull it off well. orkut is pretty nice, but, sadly, I never really put any effort into it and then, one day, everyone seemed to be using Friendster (Oh, Sarah, why?).

But back to bebo. Both Friendster and orkut are about connections. Bebo is much simpler; it’s an address book first and foremost with a journal and a photo archive as secondary features. The idea is that you shouldn’t have to send out mass emails when you update your contact information (and shouldn’t have to deal with mass emails when someone else does). Everybody’s info is stored centrally and, as long as people keep their own information updated, is always up to date. It’s a nice idea, and it’s implemented really cleanly. Their privacy policy even seems pretty good.

Pretty slick. You should check it out.

224 Comments

  1.  
    HAA 03.13.2006 @ 17:23

    MDA: I’ve read your original article three times, and read all the comments twice. I cannot for the life of me figure out why so many people seem to believe you can provide tech support for bebo, other blogs or college websites. What’s the deal? Is there some subliminal stuff my polarized sunglasses are filtering out, or is this just another manifestation of “Allen’s Law”?

  2.  
    h8t3 03.14.2006 @ 10:48

    guys view my bebo profile please http://h8t3.bebo.com thanks!!

  3.  
    Adam 03.14.2006 @ 21:03

    MDA: Your description tonight really didn’t do justice to how clueless some of these people are. I’m absolutely shocked.

  4.  
    colin 03.16.2006 @ 02:21

    this is so crap college has blocked it again has anyone got a way to get to bebo without actually getting blocked!!!!!

  5.  
    MDA 03.16.2006 @ 12:19

    HAA: The latter.

  6.  
    jukesy 03.20.2006 @ 01:25

    hiya ppl wats up hola bck 4 a chat

  7.  
    angela 03.22.2006 @ 02:19

    hi have you got a pic and can you give me your email address

  8.  
    Julia 03.22.2006 @ 03:33

    Hello MDA,
    I’ve just read all the comments, which are in turns interesting, amusing and i would imagine frustrating for you. I came across your site after googling bebo, which i’d never heard of this before this morning. I wonder is that why so many others have confused your blog with the bebo site?

  9.  
    ciano 03.28.2006 @ 01:37

    college blocked bebo any 1 got any ways to get around it

  10.  
    pete 03.30.2006 @ 00:11

    does anyone no any codes for bebo???

  11.  
    steph 03.30.2006 @ 03:41

    y do schools block bebo its great

  12.  
    kiara 03.30.2006 @ 11:15

    they blocked bebo from our school how can i get on it without the website being blocked and tagged

  13.  
    gary meehan 04.03.2006 @ 08:05

    do you no any way of getting on to bebo without using the actual website my college has blocked it

  14.  
    kristin 04.04.2006 @ 20:17

    how do we get things for bebo?
    Like they have for myspace.com .Thats not fair to people that dont want to use myspace.
    kristin

  15.  
    Lil sexy 04.16.2006 @ 15:31

    All of you are some dumb asses for putting your information on this website

  16.  
    B.F.G. 04.20.2006 @ 06:57

    same question as every1 else: hot to get on it without it being filtered!!! i remeber seeing on someones profile how ther was this code that you typed in instead of the address, an ip adress perhaps, that works. but now im at school and cant get onto bebo to see!!!

  17.  
    Hi sarah f 04.30.2006 @ 04:19

    Helo sarah f im not on bimbo

  18.  
    jjk 05.01.2006 @ 08:42

    I’d have to disagree with you there…you’re definitely on bimbo.

  19.  
    alwaysrightembly 05.04.2006 @ 04:09

    yea bebo was blocked on our thingy too and myspace

    heeeeee josie says: hello ( in scary voice and thea says: come back urrrrrrrrrrrrrr ( crazily) thea is mad byeee chums!

  20.  
    alwaysrightembly 05.04.2006 @ 04:09

    YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS – thea she is winning at her revision heee xxxbyeeeeesss

  21.  
    alwaysrightembly 05.04.2006 @ 04:10

    gothcha – thea again

  22.  
    jjk 05.04.2006 @ 13:59

    Don’t worry alwaysrightembly, the men and women in white coats will be there soon.

  23.  
    Anonymous 05.09.2006 @ 11:55

    wtf is this

  24.  
    xXx jade xXx 05.10.2006 @ 03:21

    hey.all.lmao.this.is.a.bit.kwl.lmao.
    hehe.
    how.random.
    cya.lvyaz.all.x.x.x.

  25.  
    emogirl 05.10.2006 @ 03:24

    haya all!! ne1 ea am boooooooord!!! xxx munkys xxx

  26.  
    Liam taggz 05.10.2006 @ 03:43

    dnt work in my skull either!!!ragin lik!!!!bt what cn ye dooo!!!!!

  27.  
    kelly! 05.10.2006 @ 07:37

    Howz al,ny craic.me so bored!!!!!!(,”) xxxxxx

  28.  
    jimbob 05.10.2006 @ 08:11

    iv got it try this

    type in bebo.com in the adress bar if it doesnt work got to tools internet options connections then turn the proxy server off. (Ull understand when u get there)

  29.  
    LYKZ 05.10.2006 @ 14:48

    SUP NE HAMOZ N DA HOUSE…..

  30.  
    gv 05.10.2006 @ 16:26

    I hate to encourage you people, but get to bebo.com from school.

  31.  
    salamander salmon 05.12.2006 @ 03:19

    i eat salmon

  32.  
    Adam 05.13.2006 @ 00:04

    Shame on you gv! Shame! I can’t believe you’re actually providing the information that all of these misguided people are after!

  33.  
    Anonymous 05.17.2006 @ 15:00

    alll you guys r GAY…ahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahah burnnnnnnnn yeah thats right……

  34.  
    Anonymous 05.17.2006 @ 15:02

    yosuck hehehehehehehheeh

  35.  
    Anonymous 05.17.2006 @ 18:03

    no

  36.  
    sophie 05.18.2006 @ 01:09

    go on 3proxy.org and then u can go on bebo or preoxy.com and thgen type in bebo on dat website and u can go on it !!!

  37.  
    Paul.za 05.18.2006 @ 16:50

    Good grief! And these people are the future of our world???

  38.  
    Anonymous 05.18.2006 @ 16:54

    Cool Page

  39.  
    Ed 05.19.2006 @ 13:15

    Now, if the ability to sign on to bebo.com were necessary for human survival, I think we would have identified a very potent natural selector, here. In the absence of such a requirement–yes, these people are to be the future of our world.

  40.  
    Adam 05.19.2006 @ 14:26

    Ed. Wow. That’s probably the second most intelligent comment that’s been made on this post, after GV’s comment that actually addresses these people’s issues.

  41.  
    chloe 05.20.2006 @ 00:40

    hi huni’s

  42.  
    jv 05.20.2006 @ 19:42

    man they trippin hard they need to quiet ya heard me

  43.  
    jv 05.20.2006 @ 19:44

    why they blocking it off on schools its tight they trippen

  44.  
    paddy 05.22.2006 @ 06:39

    wats all dis bout

  45.  
    cool person 05.23.2006 @ 11:22

    How can you get onto bebo our school has blocked it.
    you can try http://www.surf-aid.com then type in bebo but oiur school blocked it.
    HELP ME!!!!!!!!1

  46.  
    looozer 05.24.2006 @ 10:26

    this si so gay i need a website that can unblok fukin bebo i kno tehres a website shit yallr smart right gimme one…..well most of all i need sumthign for mozilla that the program well u kno what p[rogram it is help me pleeze!!!!!
    ~*~Lil MizzFr3sh~*~

  47.  
    Hacxx 05.24.2006 @ 20:55

    To access bebo.com from school/work/country were censorship is active visit http://surf.da.cx

  48.  
    Jordan 05.26.2006 @ 01:10

    This is gay,in computers bored and i cant get on bebo :(:(

  49.  
    sammie 05.27.2006 @ 10:12

    whats a blog because i dont know cos i just got bebo! and how do you get video’s up in your jukebox thingy!???

  50.  
    sammie 05.27.2006 @ 10:14

    e-mail me then on bebo and tell me how to get a video up in the jukebox. add me ;

    sammiedyer@hotmail.co.uk

    thanks xx

    sammie xx

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