Dot.com Stupidities

Has the dumbness of the late 90s come back to plague the interactive world? Is the ghost of the Pets.com sockpuppet haunting Silicon Alley? Are the days of Flooz and Beanz and tightpants.com back as indicators of Bubble 2.0?

Here’s one found by Constantine von Hoffman at Collateral Damage. A video site with the unfortunate name of CashTomato.com took to the streets of New York’s Union Square to hand out tomatos and envelopes containing $29. A melee ensued.
He missed the YouTube video:

Author: David Churbuck

Cape Codder with an itch to write

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  2. Krista Summitt – Research Triangle Park, North Carolina – Krista is the host of the hilarious and must-listen Wine and Popcorn podcast about ABC's Scandal, as well as Wine, Fashion, Music, and Social Media. By day, Krista is a Chief Storyteller (aka Content Marketing Strategist). She's currently taking guitar lessons again and hopes to run her first half-marathon within a year. She's also a lifelong Chicago Bears fan, a DJ, and NY Times Crossword fanatic.
    Kristasphere says:

    This should be a hands-down winner of the Darwin Awards.
    Hand out cash? In NYC? They deserve what they got for that stunt.

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