Friendster . It is an entertainment social network . This was previously considered a social website after the page was redesigned, the service allowed users to contact other members, maintain contact with each other, and share content online with those contacts. The network was also used as a place to find dates and discover new events , bands and hobbies .
Summary
[ hide ]
- 1 History
- 2 Friendster Features
- 3 Sources
- 4 External Links
History
Friendster
Founded in 2002 , the precursor to the social media boom, a year before the departure of MySpace , programmer Jonathan Abrams launched Friendster, another of the iconic social networks of this early stage. Friendster is recognized as the first social network to reach more than one million members. Many of its features ended up inspiring some of the biggest networks like MySpace and Facebook , but that’s another story.
Taking advantage of the popularity of the Napster name , which in 2002 was at its peak and was synonymous with controversy, Abrams mixed the words friends and Napster to name his site. It was the social network par excellence until, two years later, it was ousted by the popularity of MySpace.
Based in Mountain View , California , Friendster is backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers , Benchmark Capital , DAG Ventures , IDG Ventures , and individual investors.
The platform emerged as an initiative to help users make friends and even find a partner, so it is vital that users send a recent photograph and have to provide a list of personal interests. The most attractive thing is that the membership is free, unlike other relationship websites. If initially the profile of users were urban residents between 25 and 35 years old, today the network has been extended to other age groups and throughout the world, especially in Asia.
Friendster Features
- It focuses on helping people stay in touch with friends and discover new people and things that are important to them.
- It offers an easy-to-use, friendly and interactive environment, where users can easily connect with anyone around the world via friendster.com on the Internet from any compatible mobile device .
- He has a growing portfolio of patents granted to the company on social media.
- It has tools such as Friend Zinder to find “lost” friends and family, Picture Uploader , which allows the user to upload more than a thousand photos, Blogs , a showcase for writing enthusiasts and Groups, to bring together people with similar tastes.
- Profile Personalization, such as placing a profile picture, personal information, likes, among others.
- Internet content can be played on it, be it images, videos, music.
- Allow to share your status, like: sad, happy, angry.
- It exists in various languages .
- It has a message box , for when a person sends you a message and you can read it.
- You can chat with people and it can be in real time.
- You can attend brief online meetings in it.
- It can also keep you updated on topics of interest if you wish.
