Friendster To Delete All Data- Just Letting You Know

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Does anyone remember Friendster? Better yet, does anyone still have a Friendster account? Deemed "the social network pioneer", Friendster began in 2002- and that's pretty much it. It began in 2002.



For some reason, Friendster was just a tad too early to enjoy what would become a social media boom- then again, MySpace hasn't really fared any better. It has been the subject of nigh infinite malign ever since its inception- including one my favorites by the Onion- which will now be just as outdated as its subject:


Internet Archaeologists Find Ruins Of 'Friendster' Civilization

Evidently Friendster hasn't been doing that badly, as it managed to raise almost $50 million in venture capital and was subsequently acquired by a Malaysian firm, MOL Global for possibly $40 million in 2009.

Much like MySpace, Friendster is repositioning as an "entertainment and news site" (I wonder if at some point there's going to be some kind of internet elephant graveyard for social-networks-turned-entertainment-news-sites) apparently geared toward Asian people. Oddly racist, but sensible considering its acquisition by a Malaysian company.

If you still have a Friendster account and you actually care about the data, you already received an email telling you that you can use a handy "Exporter App" to get all of your data out of there before it goes kaboom.

HEY FACEBOOK WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF YOU DID THAT TOO. JUSSAYIN'.

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tuara hehehehe...

[p26]

aguy, akong mga dagway sa frenster mawagtang--kinanglan na ibackup ang files naa didto. salamat sa info.

[dropdeadgorgeous]

got a copy of that email... i haven't really decided yet whether i will do something about it or not!

[Dadoi]

Havent checked my email for awhile now. Good thing u posted this. Tanx!

[doi]

tnx for the heads up!

[LeeLeePot]

maayo nabasahan nakio ni kai waa bya koi check check na sa akong email..haha! geh mamalhin na tas photobucket ani..wiiw!

[kim79]

ayay.....mag sugod nakog bakwit sa akong mga kinakusgang hulagway didto, after all once every quarter na man lang ko mo check in sa akong frenster, kay naungo na sa facebook. tnx for the info brad!

[nealotol]

luuya bitaw aning friendster ron oi,, dili na kaau halin tungod kay la man sad gud ni sila ni upgrade..

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If kapoyan mo download sa mga photos, you can export it to Flickr, Multiply or Photobucket...

[slakker]

it's making a comeback! ako nang gi-delete akong fb, friendster na lang ko ron...