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Friendster was a social networking service that allowed you to create user profiles, connect with other people, and communicate with them. It failed because of site performance issues, rising competition, executive turnover, and extensive content moderation. Founded in 2002, it was later rebranded and relaunched into a social gaming site with a focus on Southeast Asian users.

A group of internet archeologists have picked over the digital bones of Friendster — the pioneering social networking site that drowned in Facebook’s wake — and we now have a clearer picture ...

Friendster is a social networking site that connects you with friends, family, colleagues and new friends over the Internet. You can create a profile, make connections, join groups, interact via messages, blogs and applications, and represent yourself or your business. Learn more about its history, features, safety issues and future.

Friendster was founded by Jonathan Abrams, a Canadian computer programmer, in March 2002. The site started in a basement with ten friends and went live that same month. It grew to several hundred users within a few weeks and grew to over 3 million users by early 2003.

Dec 1, 2022 01:40 AM. This week, the internet was abuzz with talks about the return of once the most favorite social media platform of many Filipinos -- Friendster. Many immediately noticed, including me, that it's not the original Friendster because it's using a .click and not the .com domain.