About five days ago I was given an invite by a co-worker to a new social networking site called Virb. If I had one line to describe Virb to anyone else it would be this: Virb is MySpace’s hot sister who has a ton of experience and a ton of class.
Currently Virb is in beta mode, which means invite only. Which means it’s the “Who ya know” network. I really want Virb to succeed, so after my initial invite frenzy, I have slowed down a bit and will only give invites to those who really will use the service to pass along to others. People should not be on MySpace, they are trying to build a walled-garden and the whole site feels cheap. Virb is the designer’s MySpace.
Having already skinned my profile page, I have a few feelings on Virb, what’s hot and where they can improve. And let me say this, I really truly love it.
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