As an antidote to the superficiality of social networking sites, a new trend has emerged: the rise of antisocial utilities that lets users connect to the people they can’t stand. Based on the premise that “you keep your friends close but your enemies closer”, sites like Enemybook and Snubster allow users to name their nemeses and list their offenses.

You can read more about it in this article from today’s Boston Globe, “New apps put the hate in online networking.”

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