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Here's a story from the UK side of the pond that I thought needed a bit of American commentary: FT's $3,300 Per Year Social Network Fails At Firefox

As the story goes the UK's snootiest newspaper, the Financial Times, set up a social network aimed at upper level corporate execs. The idea being that they could socialize with anyone else who is willing to spend $3,300 a year for membership. Yes, that's right: the social network has a $3,300 annual fee. With the vast majority of experts agreeing that social networks are the key to targeted advertising, it never occurred to me that someone would pay for a social network.

But wait! It gets better: as Mashable points out in the article linked above, FTExecutiveforums.com renders improperly in Firefox! As an avid Firefox enthusiast (that admittedly has replaced IE on friends computers without them knowing) I think it's only fair to point out that Firefox holds nearly 30% market share in Europe, where the FTExec is based.

So anyone out there that was rushing to grab a credit card to sign up for this exclusive online club, be forewarned: your Firefox browser will have some problems. Also, you should know that there are plenty of free social networks out there, that will happily display in Firefox.

Well, at least this gives FT-Exec members something to talk about beyond the yacht clubs, or what shade of white their business cards are, or what type of wood their desks are made out of...

(Transparency disclaimer: this post was indeed written in a Firefox browser)