Peach / Stolen

They may, ultimately, end up being small blips on the Internet radar but I've found myself immersed in two new social-ish networks that are somewhat entertaining.

• Peach - a somewhat traditional social network from the folks that created Vine that relies on "magic words" to post content. Type "Gif" and you can post from Giphy. Type "weather" and it will post the current weather. "Music" yields what you're currently listening to.
  
  I don't really see that being enough of a differentiation from Twitter or Facebook or Instagram to make it seriously sticky, but it's always interesting to see new UI's and interact with friends without an existing pretense. The Peach slate is clean, so you can treat it however you'd like.. which I rather enjoy.
• Stolen - thanks to Tracy Moore I was able to get an invite code into Stolen - a gamified world where you buy and sell Twitter profiles. It's all based on who you follow on Twitter and their net worth is determined.. who knows how? I am guessing market demand + number of followers.
  
  My twitter profile is currently owned by this guy and valued at 142,612 Credits. I've no idea who he is (seems pleasant enough) and I assume he has no idea who I am. It's a rather random game but oddly fun as well. Maybe this is what the Pokemon card craze was like... gotta catch em all!
  
  Update: after less than two weeks, it's over. They caught some major flack for the language in the app (namely: You Own ______ Person) and decided to shut them down. Another bites the dust.