Apple's Ping Social Network: Worst Idea of 2010?

Apple might clinch the title as the largest social media mistake this year. Launched on four short months ago, Apple Ping is being considered one of the worst ideas of 2010.

As 2010 draws to a close the internet will be awash with all kinds of best and worst lists of the year. Ping is making a few of those lists; the much maligned and overhyped music social network from Apple is being branded as one of the worst ideas of 2010. Ping was predicted to be the killer app to MySpace, but ultimately failed to warm to music fans. Launched with fanfare as part of iTunes 10 in September, four months later a Ping discussion by and large usually concluded with a shrug.

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