Oobing.com - A New Way To Network

Oobing is a new social networking website that functions very much like every other one out there. Its interface will look very familiar to the MySpace user, and it offers most of the same options. Users register, create a profile, and keep in touch with contacts via live chat, messages, and blogs. A few things that separate Oobing from its competitors are the “Rate Photo” and “Send Ecard” functions, which let users do just that: rate other user’s photos and send your friends cards over email. Also, Oobing offers a unique chat function which lets you communicate with multiple contacts at one time. Unlike some other popular social networking sites, if you’re not signed up for the site, you cannot run searches or browse members.

Oobing does offer some functions not available on similar social networking sites; the chat function and photo-rating feature, to name a few. Its layout may seem less intimidating than MySpace or Facebook. Ample advertising space should generate considerable revenue, if the site proves successful.

Oobing really doesn’t offer many more options than its competitors. Are features like the photo-rating system and the chat function really going to draw users away from already-established social networking giants Facebook and MySpace? What about privacy? There are no visible privacy settings. Very little information is provided about who created the site and why; will users want to sign up for a site that has seemingly little credibility?