MyLifeIsAverage
Type of site | Blog |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| URL | http://mylifeisaverage.com/ |
MyLifeIsAverage (MLIA) is a website about average occurrences and average people. As described by the site, MLIA is "a place to share your everyday mediocrity. It is a place to post the mundane things in your life, and read about what makes life normal for other people. We believe that for every fail story, or good story, there are about a million normal stories. So tell the world what makes your life average. Anyone can submit a story, because everyone's lives are unexciting and insignificant at some time or another." [1] MLIA is a spin-off from FMyLife. On MLIA, users submit stories of common day occurrences where they will be voted on by the community. After being submitted, they are moderated by several users. If the users vote "yes", then the story is posted. After being posted, users can click on the story I.D. to leave a comment. The stories typically begin with "Today" and end with "MLIA". MLIA only allows registered users to post comments.[2]
MLIA has received more than 100,000 stories. The majority of the users are students in high school or college.[3]
The website was co-founded by UCLA students Guru Khalsa and Enrico Mills.[4] Khalsa says that MLIA seeks to "bring to light how much stupid and boring stuff gets posted on the Internet."[5]
References
- ^ http://mylifeisaverage.com/page.php?page=about-mylifeisg
- ^ Siegler, MG (2009-05-14). "MyLifeIsAverage: The Service Twitter Was Meant To Be". TechCrunch. Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2009-08-08. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
- ^ Babay, Emily (2009-07-13). "What we are surfing: mylifeisaverage.com". Omaha World-Herald. Archived from the original on 2009-08-08. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
- ^ Kung, Michelle (2009-07-06). "I Wrote This Blog Post. MLIA". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2009-08-08. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
- ^ Singer, Calla (2009-06-30). "FML: Web Site Spells It All Out". New York Post. Archived from the original on 2009-08-08. Retrieved 8 August 2009.