Comments on: Does This Sort of Thing Happen Often?

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 07:03:22 +0000

To degrate ELS and than make some abstract comment about dentists? Give me a break?! Ross, what are you trying to say??

By: hipmn

hipmn — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 20:44:58 +0000

Kissing? I meant kidding.

Shit. Damn these enormous man-hands and this tiny keyboard.

By: Derrick Shields

Derrick Shields — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:41:02 +0000

Pissed-off sotan denists? Is that where sotanLife got their initial advertising dollars?

By: ross

ross — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:10:59 +0000

I think SotanLife is awesome! It is a class project for a bunch of ESL students, right?

If it isn’t, well, there will surely be some pissed-off Sotan dentists who want their money back once it goes under.

By: hipmn

hipmn — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:29:57 +0000

And Saturday nights are overrated. xtine. Monday night is the new Saturday.

Who am I kissing? I’m so lonely.

By: hipmn

hipmn — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:27:53 +0000

Phil, I wasn’t taking potshots. I simply misspelled your name.

By: FuzzUnit

FuzzUnit — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:54:13 +0000

My search for the definition of the word “sotan” came up with a Japanese tea master’s grandson. Somehow I didn’t think the site was connected to that idea/aesthetic. I realized now that it’s a take on “Minne-sotan”. It took me a minute…(ugh)

Why would you pick a name for a site that for sure will be nicknamed “satanlife”? Oi. Never occured when they were registering that domain??

By: Derrick Shields

Derrick Shields — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 09:42:46 +0000

I agree with the “sotan” references – does anybody actually refer to themselves as a “sotan”? I certaintly don’t. I don’t know anybody that does.

I was actually designing a “Mpls/St. Paul Nightlife” site myself. It was to be called Minnesota Pulse (http://www.mnpulse.com). Half-way through my project, however, sotanlife.com was born. I realized that, while their site was terribly designed and rather cheesy, they had obviously put a lot of time into the database and advertising (I’ve seen sotanLife.com advertisements at bars/restaurants/lifetime fitness even!).

I decided to go a different route and dedicate my site to local developments, both residential, and commercial etc; one of my other hobbies.

My point is this: It is a well though-out site, and has more potential than most other MN “Scene” websites. I say give it a chance, give it a while to realize that text-based advertising is more effective and more appreciated by users, and I think it will be a great source for what its intended use is.

Shameless Plug: In the meantime, check out the site that was created because I didn’t want to bother to compete with sotanlife: http://www.mnpulse.com/

By: alexis

alexis — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 05:49:21 +0000

Oh, snap!

By: xtine

xtine — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 05:41:06 +0000

yeah. way lamer than doing mnspeak comment posts at 10:41 on a saturday night.