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History. Friendster was founded by Canadian computer programmer Jonathan Abrams in 2002, before MySpace (2003), Hi5 (2004), Facebook (2004) and other social networking sites. Friendster.com went live in 2003 and was adopted by 3 million users within the first few months.
Jonathan Abrams [1] is a Canadian engineer, entrepreneur, and investor. He is best known as the founder of Friendster [2] where he worked from 2002 to 2005. He then founded Socializr, where he worked from 2005 to 2010, and Nuzzel, where he stayed from 2012 to 2018.
Social networking and gaming site Friendster launches. The service would be popular in Asia and the Pacific Islands. 2003 Launch Business-oriented social networking service LinkedIn launches. 2003 Launch Social networking website Hi5 launches. 2003 Launch The business-oriented social networking website, XING, launches. 2003 Launch
Friendster, like the phoenix has thousands of times before, has risen again renewed, refreshed and predictably re-branded. TechCrunch reports that the failed social network, after it shut its ...
Friendster is launched. A friendship, dating and early general Social networking website all rolled into one. In 2005 Facebook copies and expands the idea into a general social interconnected website.
History. Friendster is one of the first social networking websites in the World Wide Web when it was introduced in 2002. However, its popularity in the United States plummeted quickly in 2004 due to massive technical problems and server delays. [2] But as it was losing its American audience, Friendster slowly gained users from Southeast Asia ...
Defunct. SixDegrees.com was a social network service web site that initially lasted from 1998 [1] to 2000 [2] [3] and was based on the Web of Contacts model of social networking. It was named after the concept of six degrees of separation [4] and allowed users to list friends, family members and acquaintances whether registered on the site or not.
In the early 2000s, social media platforms gained widespread popularity with the likes of Friendster and Myspace, followed by Facebook, YouTube, and X. Research from 2015 reported that globally, users spent 22% of their online time on social networks, likely fueled by the availability of smartphones.
Current status. Defunct. Omegle ( / oʊˈmɛɡəl /) [1] was a free, web-based online chat service that allowed users to socialize with others without the need to register. The service randomly paired users in one-on-one chat sessions where they could chat anonymously. It operated from 2009 to 2023.
Friendster. From 2004 to 2005, Sassa served as president and CEO of Friendster, a top 50 Internet site that pioneered social networking. Friendster was backed by Kleiner Perkins and Benchmark Capital. After Friendster, he served as Residence with Kleiner Perkins, a leading technology venture capital firm. [8]