Web 2.0 Can’t Even Create a Competent FuckedCompany.com 2.0

It’s somewhat ironic. I was about to write a post entitled “Why Bubble 2.0 Won’t Have its Own Version of FuckedCompany.com 2.0.”

The premise of this post was simple: all of the drama that unfolds in the startup world as the financial crisis and souring economy takes its toll on unsustainable Web 2.0 “companies” isn’t going to lead to the creation of a website like FuckedCompany.com, which became quite popular (and financially successful) by chronicling the demise of tech upstarts when Bubble 1.0 popped.

The reason for this is equally simple: not enough people give a fuck about Web 2.0. Nobody in the real world gives a shit about Seesmic and your 80 year-old grandmother didn’t bet the family farm buying Mahalo stock. At the end of the day, Web 2.0 was filled with small startups that touched the lives of a small number of people.

Most of these startups beg the question: if a startup disappears and nobody cared about it, did it really even exist in the first place?

So it was with some amusement that after a long day yesterday I headed over to Valleywag hoping that there’d be some juicy gossip of interest. I didn’t find any but I did find an amusing post about a blog called FuckedStartups.com that apparently launched less than 2 weeks ago to serve as Web 2.0’s very own FuckedCompany.com.

Yesterday, the people behind FuckedStartups.com apparently decided to provide a lesson in irony by putting FuckedStartups.com up for sale. Their post reads:

After much consideration, we have decided to put FuckedStartups.com for sale.

FuckedStartups.com launched about 8 days ago, and we have had so far 26,145 (8 DAYS WORTH) unique visitors to the site.

We have incredible pipeline of rumors and tips via the meebo messenger and via email.

We recently recieved a few parties interested in acquiring.

AT THIS TIME, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THE COMPANY, INCLUDING DOMAIN AND ALL ASSETS, WE ARE NOW TAKING OFFERS.

Please email your bid to: StartupTips@gmail.com

The reason we are selling is that we have other projects we are working on, and don’t have the time to focused our 100% attention on this project.

After less than 8 full days of “”much consideration” and after having “recieved [sic] a few parties interested in acquiring,” the people behind FuckedStartups.com decided to “put FuckedStartups.com for sale”?

The story, spelling and grammar would be funny if it wasn’t (apparently) real.

Normally, this wouldn’t be worthy of a post but I do find the charade quite emblematic of Web 2.0: a bunch of lazy individuals think that doing a half-assed job for a short period of time is all that it takes to build something of value that can be sold to someone else.

When Bubble 1.0 burst, Phil Kaplan found a way to turn the mess into a business that reportedly generated tens of thousands of dollars a month in revenue. He even leveraged his newfound popularity to start other ventures.

As Bubble 2.0 bursts, I find it fitting that a bunch of imbeciles trying to do what Kaplan did years ago have decided to try to sell something that’s currently worthless after 8 days on the job.

If that doesn’t sum Web 2.0 up, I don’t know what will.

Of course, there’s now a message that “FuckedStartups will NOT be selling. We are now here to stay and looking for contributing authors.” Looks like the FuckedStartups.com guys came to their senses, after much consideration of course. They should hold out, like Digg and Facebook, because everyone knows that’s the way you build a candidate for America’s Hottest Company.

Unfortunately, The Drama 2.0 Show is not for sale but I am doing some gigoloing on the side again so ladies: you can own a piece of Drama 2.0 via my “timeshare” program provided that you already have the financing lined up.