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    Friendster was a social network based in Mountain View, California, founded by Jonathan Abrams and launched in March 2003. Before Friendster was redesigned, the service allowed users to contact other members, maintain those contacts, and share online content and media with those contacts.

  2. 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.

  3. Apr 16, 2013 · Friendster's Meteoric Rise and Fall as Both Tragedy and Farce. For Wired’s 20th anniversary issue, we remember Friendster. At its zenith in 2003, Friendster was the first site to truly...

  4. Oct 18, 2023 · Technology. The Rise and Fall: What Happened on Friendster? October 18, 2023 Lorence Laudenio. 3 minutes read. Friendster’s journey is truly intriguing and offers us a glimpse into the early days of social media. It was created by Jonathan Abrams back in 2002, making it a pioneer in online social networking.

  5. Sep 13, 2018 · Abrams called his concept Friendster. Launched in March 2003, it quickly grew to host millions of users. Google began talks of a lucrative buyout. Abrams showed up on Jimmy Kimmel Live,...

  6. Jul 23, 2009 · Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams at the Tech Policy Summit in San Jose in 2007. Courtesy of Abrams. Facebook, with more than 250 million active users, and Twitter, the fastest-growing social ...

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  8. Aug 24, 2023 · The Story of Friendster. Ashleigh Bredigkeit. ·. Follow. 4 min read. ·. Aug 24, 2023. Friendster Logo. Created in 2002, Friendster burst onto the burgeoning social media networking scene with...