Is Yuwie for Real? you May be Surprised

Author: Frank

I’ll admit it… I was late getting my ticket to board the MySpace train.

Once I did get there, it was fun, at least for a while. New and exciting and “Oh I can’t believe THEY have a MySpace page!” Pretty quickly though I got sick of A) the site being so freaking slow, B) random, half-naked chicks wanting to add me to their friend list all the time and C) the site being so freaking slow.

Anyway, I’ve always wondered what it was like in those early adoption days on MySpace. I’ve wondered how it felt to have a site that actually worked most of the time and I’ve wondered how all of these random, half-naked chicks made it through life without being able to ask me to be their friend. What a beautiful place that must have been…

The fact is that I’ve been looking for a MySpace alternative for some time now. Facebook you say? Facebook you love? Facebook the next Twitter??? Facebook fanboys, cover your ears (Robert Scoble, I’m looking at you): Contrary to the praises that are sung to and the laurels that are bestowed upon and the roses that are thrown in the general direction of Facebook, I just don’t find the site to be user-friendly. Let the torching begin.

Enter Yuwie. Yes, Yuwie. A friend of mine told me about the site and I joined it based solely on their recommendation. After playing around with it for a day or so though, I can genuinely say that I like the place say. Are they breaking new ground with Yuwie? Well, yes and no. It’s very similar to MySpace in the features that it offers, except for one thing: If you refer people to Yuwie and they refer people to Yuwie and your pages generate a ton of traffic, you can make money. Yep, Yuwie is sharing it’s ad revenue with it’s members, at least to a certain extent. Think MySpace meets Revver. Oh, and the site works too. That’s a perk.

Will they have some growing pains? Sure. Will random, half-naked chicks set up shop on Yuwie eventually? As my father used to say, “Does a cat have tree-climbing gear?” That means yes. When those things happen though, will I be less likely to leave Yuwie (like I’m leaving MySpace) if I’m making a little cash off of my traffic? Probably, at least that’s what Yuwie is counting on.

Here’s to you Yuwie. Wow, that sounded cool in my head.