They even have a micro-blogging service :D http://www.globalcommunity.me/blog/
Since Live Spaces is migrating their users over to Wordpress, they just got a new #2 competitor. Look out!
I don't think the site is finished yet, as it said they would launch soon. I think you guys are wrong here...don't know why but I get that feeling. If they could get a massive user base and people click on ads they should make enough from the Google ads and search. I would list my business page on there and set up shop.
I disagree. In the physical world, a "one-stop shop" like Walmart adds value because it costs time to travel between many different stores. What our author fails to realize is that there are already "one-stop shops" on the web: namely Google and Bing.
Even if you have to go through the arduous task of typing a website into your browser's address bar to get from YouTube to eBay, it's still a fraction of the effort required to get from Ace Hardware to Target, no matter how close the stores are situated to each other. The Internet doesn't need a one-stop shop as badly as "real life". If that was THE website to go to for all of the services they offer, saving a couple…
I'm not sure on you guys reasoning, but this could work. You can't get a job on Facebook, or post your classifieds on Google, or Fiverr on YouTube. If it becomes integrated seamlessly with one login and you can do the same things as the other sites then it may work...just maybe, but I don't think this guy really knows what he is doing.
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
I don't think that is the founder..just someone working on the site or something. I think that video was purchased from Fiverr or somewhere because I bought one from that same guy.
Not to be overly skeptical, but if you have to pay $5.00 to get someone to give you an opinion, you may not have the critical thinking skills that I see most successful entrepreneurs display. Unless this was some kind of viral marketing seed that went wrong. Then again, it did hit HN so who knows ...
What successful entrepreneurs do you actually know? Go back to the Global Community website and did you know that both banners on the homepage are the founders businesses and they both make over 20K per month. Silly as it may seem..the marketing strategies work, and the best part about it is it only cost $5 and they made that back in adsense revenue easily with the 2000 views today. Wait until the website is finished and talk then.
It looks like he intends to create his vision by buying a domain, buying a "{x}.com clone script" for each of the sites he mentioned, and installing them each in a subdirectory of his domain. They're not connected in any meaningful way, be it in terms of unified login or design.
The logins are being unified ...and the desing is being completed...you will feel like a dumbass later ..trust me. THE SITE ISN'T FINISHED.