Another case of life imitating satire:
A new social networking site bills itself as “the online country club for people with more money than time.” The Daily Mail has a more succinct description: “Facebook for the rich.”
Netropolitan, as the site is called, costs $9,000 (U.S.) to join. The initiation fee is $6,000, plus a $3,000 annual fee.
New York-based composer James Touchi-Peters came up with the idea when he realized he and his well-heeled friends needed somewhere to discuss their (rich-person) problems without the typical reactions they might get on traditional social networking sites. “I saw a need for an environment where you could talk about the finer things in life without backlash - an environment where people could share similar likes and experiences,” he told CNN…
Gee, another site for people to post everything from when they’ll be on vacation to their nude selfies, except this one is all rich people? What could possibly go wrong?
Steve_MB:
Another case of life imitating satire:
Gee, another site for people to post everything from when they’ll be on vacation to their nude selfies, except this one is all rich people? What could possibly go wrong?
I’d suppose the rich already have such networks. Maybe a board that discusses yaughts, Ferraris, or polo?
If only Frasier were still in production. I could see this being the basis of an hilarious episode.
Icarus
September 18, 2014, 4:32pm
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OK, I’ll bite, what could go wrong?
Is there a website where us billionaires can talk without millionaires lowbrowing it all up? Where I can make complaints that app purchase limits are too low ?