It's not easy being anti-social these days. With the rise and spreading of online social networks, Digg-like sites, blogs and the general "Web 2.0" look and feel, one can find himself pretty much confused, if not tortured, under massive amounts of people and "friends".

Enter Ruduzu, a social network that was built for gathering those who fear MySpace and despise any "thanks for the add" lingo. Ruduzu's aspiration is to be anything but "a place for friends": no extrovert friend lists are involved, and the friends that you do add are kept on a private list for your eyes only.

Being a member of a social network that disables you from showing off your friends is a little awkward, but Ruduzu still offers something that online networks devotees find interesting. Apart from the usual favorites ("Dis-likes")/inbox/comments features, members can post "Musings" (= blog posts), and also "Annoyances" (= things that annoy them, usually one or two liners.) The main attraction must be the voting system - every member, profile and post can be voted on. It's fun, and a great way to direct aggressions.

You can also browse users, musings and annoyances, and get updated lists with the most popular (and unpopular) of them all (...unnecessary stop signs is the most popular annoyance, for instance). The "Ruduzu Suicides" section shows the worst annoyances voted by the users (...this website being such a downer. hmm...)

In summary - Ruduzu's slogan is "Leaders in Anti-Social Networking"; I humbly add "... and Glorifying Extreme Boredom", which is perfectly fine with me.

Lihi