Friendster
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Friendster was a social networking service originally based in Mountain View, California, founded by Jonathan Abrams and launched in March 2002. Before Friendster was redesigned, the service allowed users to contact other members, maintain those contacts, and share online content and media with those contacts. The website was also used for dating and discovering new events, bands, and hobbies. Users could share videos, photos, messages, and comments with other members via profiles and networks. It is considered one of the original social networking services.
Key facts
- Website.registration
- Free
- Website.name
- Friendster
- Website.logo
- Friendster_logo_new.svg
- Website.location_city
- Dover, Delaware
- Website.location_country
- United States
- Website.area_served
- Worldwide
- Website.key_people
- Mike Carson (CEO)
- Website.website_type
- Social networking service
- Website.advertising
- Banner ads, contextual ads, sponsorships
- Website.current_status
- Defunct
- Website.num_users
- 8.2 million (June 2010)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.friendster.com
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- inception
- 2002-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2015-00-00
- Alexa rank
- 304669
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10 sectionsContents
- History
- Financial history
- Awards and recognitions
- Services
- Languages
- Development
- Patents
- Site transformation
- References
- External links
Friendster was a social networking service originally based in Mountain View, California, founded by Jonathan Abrams and launched in March 2002. Before Friendster was redesigned, the service allowed users to contact other members, maintain those contacts, and share online content and media with those contacts. The website was also used for dating and discovering new events, bands, and hobbies. Users could share videos, photos, messages, and comments with other members via profiles and networks. It is considered one of the original social networking services.
After the launching of Friendster as a social gaming platform in June 2011, the number of registered users reached over 115 million. The company operated mainly from four countries in Southeast Asia: the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore, and over 90% of the site's traffic came from Asia. As of 2008, Friendster had more monthly unique visitors than any other social network in Asia. Friendster remained notably popular in Indonesia through 2012.