I am probably not the only one who got the invitation to join the community
me2everyone.com. Normally I would ignore this kinda things but this one was slightly different. It was supposed to be
owned by its members, meaning you becoming a shareholder if you sign up.
So I did the same thing as many others and used the "
what have I got to loose" criteria. After all it only takes a few minutes and the thing could get real big one day and be worth millions. Like Google, right? Wrong.
Before I could start
spamming inviting my friends I forgot my password. Yeah, it happens when you're not writing things down. I tried the "forgotten password" link and got email saying "Your password is:" but not really giving me one. There were also some other very interesting basic things missing in the content (
e.g. blank space instead of my username and asking me to reply to noreply@me2everyone.com). Every time I tried it.
Right. So they
didn't test their SGE. I sent them e-mail through their contact e-form, even though it has some
usability issues and was apparently not tested on different OS. They promise to get back at you in 24 hours. It has been almost a week now. Well, I guess we should have synchronized our watches first. My bad.
So as much as I wish for everyone to get a lot of money out of this and laugh at my skepticism while they're sipping margaritas on their private beach in Tijuana, I can't help wondering. I am not particularly good at math but how much can you possibly earn out of a website that was launched and advertised without sorting out basic development and usability issues?