There’s no better way to prove you’re hip than sending all your friends on Twitter and Facebook the latest memes and popular videos that have surfaced on YouTube. Trouble is, everybody else is doing the same. And sharing a URL that half your contacts have already shared wouldn’t make you look that great in the eyes of your friends. It would actually make you look like a no-hoper, someone who’s trying just too hard to be cool. Now, if only there were a way to check how fresh a link really is, we would really be into something good…
Well, such a service has just become available. It’s named Is It Old?, and you’re reading about it right now. It’s a pretty simple-to-use site, but not that a service for checking how fresh a link is could be that complex, really. On IsItOld.com, all you do is to submit the URL of the video or article that you want to share with all your contacts for it to be analyzed. You’ll get to know how many times that has been already shared, and you’ll also be told about the first time it was actually shared.
Of course, just because you share something you deem as “cool” wouldn’t make a Mr. Popularity out of you. But knowing that what you’re spreading isn’t already old hat by the time you’re sharing it is definitely a step in the right direction.
IsItOld.com In Their Own Words
Before you make a complete fool of yourself when you send a link to your friends,
colleagues or twitter followers, enter it here to make sure it’s fresh enough.
Some Questions About IsItOld.com
When will Twitter and Facebook come with a built-in feature for checking this out? 
