Internet archaeologists find ruins of 'Friendster' civilization

In 2003, Friendster management received a million buyout offer from Google, which they declined.
"Roughly once a week, David L. Sze, a venture capitalist at Greylock Partners, hears from entrepreneurs who say they have the next MySpace, the copycat social networking site that has trounced Friendster. “The counter to that is, ‘Tell me why you aren’t going to be the next Friendster,’ ” Mr. Sze said. “It’s become the iconic case of failure.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/business/yourmoney/15friend. html?_r=2

twinkieafternoon - 2009-12-16

Friendster's huge in Asia now, particularly the Philippines and Malaysia, from where a group called MOL recently acquired it.

So, when the US stopped caring, the began making money off of the Eastern Hemisphere.

THA SUGAH RAIN - 2009-12-16

Actually they don't make any money. Like Twitter, it has failed to turn investor cash into profit.

Hooper_X - 2009-12-16

Which is great, because now MySpace is in the fucking tubes and everyone has jumped ship for Facebook.

cognitivedissonance

- 2009-12-16

We can assume they were strangled for resources by the neighboring Xanga tribe.

twinkieafternoon

- 2009-12-16

These are yours.

oogaBooga

- 2009-12-16

Why did myspace fail and facebook flourish? Theyre the same fucking thing.

La Loco

- 2009-12-16

One thing is fb has a simple, clean layout, where users can't shit gif animations all over their page. Faster loads, less ads.

But yah, same thing otherwise.

THA SUGAH RAIN - 2009-12-16

my space is like a seizure from 1998 web design, facebook is a useful and more private actual social networking design with a streamlined chat feature.

Sudan no1

- 2009-12-16

Facebook allows people to be boring in whole new ways.

longwinded

- 2009-12-16

the hosts are just perfect simulacri

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