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"I modeled this website on the same principles of Walmart"

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Re: "I modeled this website on the same principles of Walmart"

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The website actually exists, too: http://globalcommunity.me/ It's worth checking out. It's almost as though someone built this as an object lesson in the horrors of losing focus. This idea is terrible – and the design tells you all you need. Look at all that. It's like a piñata full of services exploded all over their homepage. Wal-Mart also has one of the worst customer experiences ever – so we can snark all we want…

The customer experience is great for their customer. Lots of stuff, cheap. Don't expect to find a valet at the front of your local Wal-Mart, the people who require a valet are not Wal-Mart's customer.

Re: "I modeled this website on the same principles of Walmart"

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From the about page:

The Global Community is a content driven social networking site that has the functionalities of most common social networks. It is a place to share with others using pictures, music, and video. It is a place to chat, a place to find a date, a place to sell your goods or sevices, a place to host your photos. a place to buy and sell music, a place for blogging and more. It is not only a social network. It is a place for business. We have made it easy for any size business to benefit from using our site. Businesses can advertise their goods and services, sell goods or services, sell music, post jobs, search resumes, and even schedule events. Businesses can benefit tremendously by using our site by building their brand name right here. We have many things coming down the pipeline that are designed to help your business succeed. We encourage all businesses to be a part of the Gloabal Community. The Global Community is a site to help you connect with others and helps you do the things you normally do while online. Wherever you are in the world, use The Global Community Website to connect with millions, make new friends, search for employment, sell or buy goods, and keep in touch with others. The Global Community is open to everyone 18 years of age or older. The Global Community is your online social network! More than a social networking site. The Global Community is a place for business. We hope you will share in this journey with us. Your World...One Place...Global Community

Of course if Global Community turns into the next Google+Facebook+Amazon, we'll all look like fools...

But, I'm not holding my breath.

Re: "I modeled this website on the same principles of Walmart"

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The website actually exists, too: http://globalcommunity.me/ It's worth checking out. It's almost as though someone built this as an object lesson in the horrors of losing focus. This idea is terrible – and the design tells you all you need. Look at all that. It's like a piñata full of services exploded all over their homepage. Wal-Mart also has one of the worst customer experiences ever – so we can snark all we want…

>"Wal-Mart also has one of the worst customer experiences ever" Really? Every time I go I leave with a big smile. It might not be Zappos, but it's good enough considering the insanely low prices (even on commodity products!).

Every Wal-Mart I've ever been to has been crowded with loaded pallets and filled with sullen, unengaged employees. It's emphatically my least favorite place to shop.

Re: "I modeled this website on the same principles of Walmart"

#26

The website actually exists, too: http://globalcommunity.me/ It's worth checking out. It's almost as though someone built this as an object lesson in the horrors of losing focus. This idea is terrible – and the design tells you all you need. Look at all that. It's like a piñata full of services exploded all over their homepage. Wal-Mart also has one of the worst customer experiences ever – so we can snark all we want…

You can even watch a video from the founder on their "videos" section.

http://www.globalcommunity.me/videos/video/index.html

Re: "I modeled this website on the same principles of Walmart"

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Checking out the site, it's actually pretty impressive. Not in the well-designed sense, but in the having-an-actual-product sense (even if it's, you know, a blatant ripoff of the sites he listed... http://www.globalcommunity.me/blog/ feels like it takes the cake in that regard). I'm curious about where he got his funding from. Edit: The alt-text for his "Blog" image is literally 'scritter'. My co-workers are giving m…

I laughed out loud when I clicked that page. His mascot looks like the Twitter bird on meth.

That's actually a free icon from a Twitter icon pack. I've seen it in a few roundups. Nice that he's using a creative commons artistic twitter rendition icon as his mascot.
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