Onsari – the big mouthed social network which only launched about a month ago (see our coverage) and already has attracted 5,276 users – has supposedly raised 6 million Euro for 20% stake in the site from undisclosed Yilmaz brothers according to a press release [pdf in German] they published today.
This seems to be the most elaborate joke on Web 2.0 Germany has produced so far and they obviously are signifying upon the rhizomatic output of social networks and the accompanying bubbletalk of the press in Germany. If a Facebook user is worth 300 Euro, an onsari user would be worth fabulous 5,700 Euro. Yilmaz is the most popular Turkish surname, translate it to Mr. and Mrs. Smith invest 46 billion in Facebook.
Quotes like this finally make sense and actually are funny:
The new internet community (social network) onsari, which launched 9/11 with only 5% of its final features, not only constantly attracts new users, but also investors who want to contribute capital and knowledge to the probably most innovative and comprehensive Web 2.0 project we have ever seen.
from the press release
To conquer the world onsari leverages the incredible forces of relationships between people and of higher mathematics: everyone is connected to everyone else by six degrees. The first users of onsari invited five to nine friends, those too invite five to nine friends and so on. This realistic driver of explosive growth is backed in real life by a ‘mysterious mask’ [sic] which will generate 60 million users from around the world for onsari.
from the about page
In Germany alone we expect more than 2 million members until the end of the year
from the press release at their launch
I hope this is a joke.
(via)
October 29th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Brilliant headline and posting! Great comparison between Yilmaz/Smith
I was not aware of that name fact but now it seems to be clear that this story cannot be real.
October 29th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
Cool. I wrote nearly the same some minutes ago. I remember the final days of the last bubble, you too? Great Gag with all the typical “blabla” we hear everywhere and what is forced by investors, who lost their sense for reality. If you tell them “we make it longtail”, they lough and close the door.
So what can you do, to get attention? Nice try.
Markus
October 30th, 2007 at 3:15 am
I first couldn’t really believe it that somebody invests over 6 million Euros in a company one month old and with just a little bit more than 5000 users.
October 30th, 2007 at 3:26 am
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October 30th, 2007 at 8:22 am
I cant hear this shit anymore. Why the f*** you all mention this PR Joke in your Blog? They want to provocate and they are very successfull with its tactic.
May 9th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Alles dumme Neider,
onsari ist auf dem richtigen Weg - ich drücke den Jungs die Daumen.
My Space & Co. werden sich demnächst warm anziehen müssen.