New Social Networking Group

I am thinking this morning of starting my own Social Networking site. That's right.  I think I need to find a few million like-minded people that want to form a connection of sorts.  I am calling my group the Status QUO.  This group is anybody who fits (their status, as it were) into the category of being QUIRKY, UNUSUAL or ODD.

I am thinking being quirky, unusual or odd is the status quo, in today's world.   So my, soon-to-be friends, all of us that are QUO, let me tell you why I think there is a need for us to band together.

My new social networking site idea is coming to me as a result of a story that appeared in Redbook about the "social networking" site.. Ashley Madison. 

Raise your hands out there if you a member of the Ashley Madison web community.  OMG, you with your hands up....you are pigs...really...just sayin' ...pigs.

Well, it turns out that Ashley Madison (lets call it AM for the rest of this post) is the fastest growing social network site with the exception of Facebook.  8 MILLION PEOPLE.....follow me here....8 million people have signed onto this site. This site even CHARGES for people to be members and 8 million joined.

This site is for married people looking for other married people to have affairs with.  Uh-huh, that's right.   You heard me.  Cheaters looking for people to cheat with.

I swear, there are days that I  think that I must live under a rock.  Why am I just now hearing about this? AM has been in business over eight years.  Joel Biderman, the Ashley Madison founder and CEO has appeared on numerous talk shows of which I must not have been paying attention.  That frankly, surprised me.  Why didn't I look up from whatever book I probably had my nose stuck in, when I heard the company 's catch phrase. LIFE IS SHORT HAVE AN AFFAIR.  I guess if I lived in Toronto, I might have noticed the advertising. (pink...such an interesting choice for public transportation)

 This week on the Today Show, Jill Herzig, the Editor-in-Chief of Redbook was a guest.  Redbook has done an expose for this months magazine about the AM "dating" web site.  Two reporters, one male and one female, went undercover (ooh, bad choice of words) to check out the ins and outs (ok, I am not even trying to be dirty here) of this adulterers network.


So, at this point, while I listen to Hoda Kotb and Kathy Lee Gifford talk to Jill Herzig and a psychologist, Dr. Jeff Gardere discuss the results of the undercover sleuthing, I am getting the feeling that I must be odd that I  find this all so unbelievable. (and may I also, say very creepy?)

  I did happen to notice that Kathy Lee was getting worked up into a dither on the subject. (probably is hitting a little close to home with the whole Frank Gifford story from a few years back).  I think maybe Kathy is a candidate to join my new site over at Status QUO.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE????

In the first day of membership for the female Redbook reporter, she got 167 responses to her profile.
That is pretty impressive.  I mean what other kind of email or post gets 167 hits on the first day?  I would be in blog heaven (that would be just to the right of hog heaven) if those were in response to one of my posts.  (I guess the missing element is that I am not looking to put out)

Here is a link that has a lot of information, alternating points of view and an interesting interview with Joel Biderman on the View.  Normally, I can't stand that foursome, but I did enjoy watching them screw with Joel. (oops, did it again.  Really, I am not trying.  Actually it is OK if Joel screws with the View ladies because it would give his MA web site some credibility)

http://ashleymadisonreview.com/

So back to my original thought about starting my own Social Network for the the quirky, unusual and odd of us that seem to be in the minority.  Are there 8 million of us that just want to live good, healthy, lives?
Now I sound all kum ba yahish, don't I?  I guess all those "work hard and play nice" axioms are just not trendy and cool.

So very dull, I know. I am so odd, unusual...yes...quirky.

Well, I will be working on my social network site for STATUS QUO.  I will let you all know when it is up and running.  I expect at least 167 responses the first day.



The Good for the day.....I hope I am not being overly optimistic thinking that there are some people that are in committed, (non-cheating) marriages.


The Bad for the day.....There are a lot of computer savvy cheating dogs out there


The Weird for the Day....Instead of the L with the index and thumb on the forehead, our symbol can be O or  U.  The Q would take both hands.

In my world, I want some righteous indignation, when someone is cheating. You go Carrie!