Posts Tagged ‘how-not-to’

When Being Negative Is Good: Yavoid

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

I just wrote an article criticizing businesses based on negativity, and coincidentally this other “negative” website came to my attention: Yavoid. Except, it’s negative in a good way!

Yavoid - advice and how-to (or how-not-to) articles

There are quite a lot of variations on “how-to” sites out there, particularly in terms of giving life advice. Some well-known how-to sites include eHow, DIY Network, and Ask Answers. However, there’s relatively few that focus upon avoiding problems to begin with.

Enter Yavoid (pronounced “why-avoid”). (more…)