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Okay, my topic today is the Friendster phenomenon. Why? Because, though i've heard about it ages ago and have known about for quite a while, it was only last week that i really sat down and registered. I am still making "kutingting" the thing. (Friendster was launched only last March, 2003)
Para din palang eGroup (a yahoo adjunct) pero focused siya sa friendship ek-ek. I found the site a little slow (its still Beta I understand). Maybe because it is now very popular and the site(s) is getting a lot of hits.
"Friendster is an online community that connects people through networks of friends for dating or making new friends. "
I just don't know if the friendster phenomen really works as in increasing your friends. Seems to me, it just documents your friends and your friends friends. These guys are friends already in the first place. Hmmm. Maybe I'll be able to know for sure as i poke around the friendster thing.
"You can use Friendster to:
-- Meet new people to date, through your friends and their friends
-- Make new friends
-- Help your friends meet new people"
Its quite easy to use, just create a quick profile and add your friends to your personal and private networking community. Then you can see the friends of your friends, and browse and search through all of the people connected to you through networks of friends. You can view photos and profiles, see how you are connected to people, send messages, ask friends for introductions, or suggest matches between people.
The concept of testimonials is a good one and very interesting as you see how people view other people. I am sure that some surprises comes up when friends write testimonials about their friends.
Friendster is another addition to the newfangled way people are being connected to each other by the internet and other new media, along with the egroups, the weblogs, texting, cellular phones, net-TV. Very succesful talaga ang Friendster tulad ng success ng Ragnarok at OZ at ng picture taking thru cell phones, sexbomb and ocho-ocho. Everywhere, people are exchanging email addresses to add to their Friendster space. Padamihan ng friends po talaga. Hahahah.
But honestly, Friendster to me has successfully operationalized a few simple well executed techniques based on the need of people for friendship and community. It's not using any new technology but has put together existing technology into a new, creative way that went well with us Filipinos.
I will tell you later how I find this Friendster thing as i get to know it better.
"May prengster ka ba? Add mo naman ako oh."
:: Bing Thursday, January 15, 2004
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