Now that the press releases from mtvU and the Kaiser Family Foundation have finally stopped flooding the inbox, we can take a look at their joint project PosOrNot.com, the HIV-awareness site where visitors can vote on who they think has HIV. Um, OK? It’s like Hot or Not, that brilliant Web 0.9 site that somehow still churns out a few bucks for its founders, except this time you’re clicking your mouse not because you find the person attractive or not, but because you spotted a sore on her upper lip or lesions on his mid-thigh. Sure, we’re all for encouraging young people to get tested, but what kind of operation solicits people to submit their photos and HIV status for all the world to judge? Oh, and then there’s the argument that visitors won’t actually invest any emotional attachment to the site, at least not in the way they snapped up Rent CDs.

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