Sunday, August 02, 2009

My Experience with Blippr.com: BLEH

OK, my buddy @Krownz recommended this site Blippr.com after I Tweeted to @Netflix about wishing I could easily Tweet a link to a movie I saw through Netflix. In theory, Blippr.com is a site that allows you to share your opinions on various types of media easily. Well, "easy" is subjective, apparently. Either that, or "easy" is defined by the folks behind Blippr.com as "without any control by you."

But rather than get too detailed, I'll just paste the text I entered into the "other comments" field on Blippr.com's "delete your account" page. Check it out:

I'm VERY upset that by connecting this account to my Netflix account, your site assumes I want to import everything on my queue, both present and past, and (I assume) share it with everyone. NOT COOL. All I wanted was a service that would allow me to share my feelings on certain media with friends on Twitter. I don't need to alert the world that I'm watching porn or pilates or anything else UNLESS I WANT TO.

What's extra nice is that even after I disconnect Netflix from my Blippr account, the content that was imported DOESN'T GO AWAY, which means, I must delete my Blippr.com profile. Good one, guys!

Plus your interface is confusing--I couldn't work out where the hell my "blips" are listed and don't know how I came to see "blips" from some dude called "JC" who apparently really liked "Funny People" which happens to be a film I NEVER WANT TO SEE EVER.

My experience on Blippr has been overwhelmingly negative and I will be honest if anyone ever asks me about your site.

Also: When I "blip" something, I think of Blip.FM. You guys should really come up with another made-up verb to describe the act of posting something on this site.

All right... I'm done.


Gah. I don't blame @krownz for this, since he's perfectly happy with the site. I'm a Twitter addict, though. I like simple, basic, easy, low-maintenance. Ideally, I'd love to see Netflix add a simple "Tweet this" link or a "share this" button that allows users to post a link to a DVD on Netflix in their Twitterstream, or Facebook profile or where ever else. I don't need a whole third-party site for managing my media recommendations since I really don't recommend stuff that much and when I do, I post on my old fashioned blog.

Ah well.

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