What the Fuck Happened to Friendster
I remember about two years when I first heard of Friendster. A roommate of mine who was a bit younger and more in tune with popular culture (you know who you are), introduced me and claimed that it was good place to score chicks. He in fact scored one himself on the illustrious "social networking" site.
But I thought it was just friends?
I didn't find my roommate's claims to be exactly accurate (at least for me), but I will admit that Friendster seemed pretty cool. I started looking up old college and high school friends. I asked them to be my "friend" and then they would either confirm or deny the request. Most, however not all, confirmed.
Soon, everybody was on Friendster and I think it was because it didn't carry the stigma of desperate and pathetic singles looking for dates online. It was just friends! Of course you could bravely venture into the world of soliciting dates on Friendster, but really it was more of a networking thing.
Now you don't hear jack about Friendster. An evil competitor has risen to the forefront of free online uhhhh - friend making. That's right - My Space.
My Space came along and pounded Friendster's pansy ass straight into the ground. It was sooo much cooler. They out-cooled Friendster with more of a rock-and-roll feel than a conservative cocktail party atmosphere. My Space allowed users to pimp their pages with cool backgrounds, movies, and music. They were able to appeal to the hip crowd much more than Friendster, and of course, when cool people are doing something, it then makes you cool if you're part of it. The snowball was begining to roll.
My Space was MTV and Friendster was Nickelodeon (or worse - CNN).
My Space beat Friendster because they allowed their users to be who they are and adapted their business to meet the needs of their users. How brilliant - a company that seeks to meet the needs and wants of their customers.
Friendster founder, Jonathan Abrams, had a pretty little image in his head about what he wanted his wonderful website to be. He baulked at MTV culture moving in and taking over. He beat down any new features that would be desirable to the riff raff of the social networking market. The demographic with which he worked is not one that takes kindly to dictatorship. Internet surfers respond much better to leadership that allows them to be who they are. Almost like real life!
Jonathan Abrams' ego ran Friendster out of the top spot. He's a control freak - and that's what the fuck happened to Friendster.
Be a good Friendster and email John Poole at poolejohn@gmail.com
But I thought it was just friends?
I didn't find my roommate's claims to be exactly accurate (at least for me), but I will admit that Friendster seemed pretty cool. I started looking up old college and high school friends. I asked them to be my "friend" and then they would either confirm or deny the request. Most, however not all, confirmed.
Soon, everybody was on Friendster and I think it was because it didn't carry the stigma of desperate and pathetic singles looking for dates online. It was just friends! Of course you could bravely venture into the world of soliciting dates on Friendster, but really it was more of a networking thing.
Now you don't hear jack about Friendster. An evil competitor has risen to the forefront of free online uhhhh - friend making. That's right - My Space.
My Space came along and pounded Friendster's pansy ass straight into the ground. It was sooo much cooler. They out-cooled Friendster with more of a rock-and-roll feel than a conservative cocktail party atmosphere. My Space allowed users to pimp their pages with cool backgrounds, movies, and music. They were able to appeal to the hip crowd much more than Friendster, and of course, when cool people are doing something, it then makes you cool if you're part of it. The snowball was begining to roll.
My Space was MTV and Friendster was Nickelodeon (or worse - CNN).
My Space beat Friendster because they allowed their users to be who they are and adapted their business to meet the needs of their users. How brilliant - a company that seeks to meet the needs and wants of their customers.
Friendster founder, Jonathan Abrams, had a pretty little image in his head about what he wanted his wonderful website to be. He baulked at MTV culture moving in and taking over. He beat down any new features that would be desirable to the riff raff of the social networking market. The demographic with which he worked is not one that takes kindly to dictatorship. Internet surfers respond much better to leadership that allows them to be who they are. Almost like real life!
Jonathan Abrams' ego ran Friendster out of the top spot. He's a control freak - and that's what the fuck happened to Friendster.
Be a good Friendster and email John Poole at poolejohn@gmail.com
posted by John Poole at 8:24 PM
3 Comments:
Dang, dude, did you do research and stuff? You made me accidentally learn something on the internet.
But now Facebook is owning Myspace, and Facebook doesn't allow any customisation.
Hahahaha damn it who said myspace better than friendster...I'm not saying friendster is better than myspace but what I can say is that you don't have the right to judge hihih or else you'll be judge as well...
Friendster and myspace are cool sites..right now friendster has a crappy performance on the website not sure what the hell happen to this website hopefully this will be fix soon...
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