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Unless it was intentionally stupid, they are trying. I have to disagree with Doostang.com. I've heard a lot of good things, and the other sites are the beginnings to good ideas. Usually, 2 or 3 sites have to start in a certain direction, before another one gets it just right.

For Doostang, LinkedIn is a forerunner to better sites, or it's the successor to Monster, HotJobs, and the like.

I hear good things about Doostang. They appear to be a good source for finance/VC/private equity/hedge fund jobs. Not sure where it goes from there though.

That name is just horrible though. I'm not even going to write what it sounds like; but more to the point, it's totally non-descriptive unlike LinkedIn, MySpace, or Facebook, which is counterproductive for a social networking site.

Edit: Of course one of the founders is named Krapivin...

At least they're trying things.

i agree - and I don't think Wishhood is that bad of an idea it's a lot more useful than most social networks - which are akin to pokemon collecting except with people (by that I mean that most of the "friends" people have in their lists mean nothing to them - they haven't even met them in person...)

 I do think that crap stain err i mean doostang should change its name (then again it's so memorable haha)

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