Friendster Quotes & Sayings

The reason the social-networking phenomenon is something that I invested in early and massively - I led the Series A financing for Friendster; I founded a company called Socialnet in 1997; I founded LinkedIn; and I was part of the first round of financing in Facebook - it sounds trivial, but people matter. — Reid Hoffman

Vine, the Ringling Brothers circus, Friendster, horseshoes, pay phones, typewriters, etc. Things go out of business. Don't think it can't happen to Madison Avenue. Adapt or die. — Andrew Essex

Social networking sites like Myspace, Friendster, and Facebook have literally exploded in popularity in just a few short years. — Mike Fitzpatrick

By early 2004 Tickle had become the second-largest social network after Friendster, with two million members actively connected to others and exchanging messages. — David Kirkpatrick

In Friendster's wake, a throng of social networking sites blossomed in San Francisco attempting to duplicate its appeal. Each tackled the idea of connecting people in a slightly different way. One was Tickle, a service which, on observing Friendster's broad-based appeal, altered its own service, which had previously been based on self-administered quizzes and tests. Two of the other new social sites - LinkedIn and Tribe - were founded by friends of Abrams. — David Kirkpatrick