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Mr.Fiction · 08-03-2003, 08:57 PM

Friendster Network Grows in Popularity

Christian Lesstrang didn't know a soul in Chicago after moving from San Francisco.

So he turned to Friendster.com, a Web site that owes its rapidly growing popularity to a simple but effective formula. Unlike dating sites that disseminate profiles of people looking to meet others, Friendster lets people network only with their friends' other friends ? and those people's friends as well.

Browsing through the hundreds of people in his Friendster network, Lesstrang, 32, came across a few in Chicago. He e-mailed them, told them how they were connected and asked if they'd be interested in meeting up. Within a week in his new city, Lesstrang had some get-togethers, and now he has met about 10 people he regularly sees.

"You meet friends and there's really no expectations or anything weird about that," Lesstrang said. "It's just going through life, except through a referral network."

One year after being launched by software engineer Jonathan Abrams, Friendster has attracted a healthy buzz and 1.3 million users ? despite no advertising and being officially only in beta, or test mode. The company has spent $250,000 getting started and operates out of a suite in Sunnyvale, Calif., with a staff of just seven.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...e/friendster_2

foe · 08-03-2003, 09:09 PM

Good idea.
If anyone wants it coded contact me

Mr.Fiction · 08-03-2003, 10:12 PM

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Originally posted by foe
Good idea.
If anyone wants it coded contact me

Is there anyone in adult with a dating program like this yet?

Mortimer · 08-03-2003, 10:13 PM

sounds like a good idea

joseph4829 · 08-03-2003, 10:15 PM

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Originally posted by Mr.Fiction

One year after being launched by software engineer Jonathan Abrams, Friendster has attracted a healthy buzz and 1.3 million users ? despite no advertising and being officially only in beta, or test mode. The company has spent $250,000 getting started and operates out of a suite in Sunnyvale, Calif., with a staff of just seven.

What did they waste all that money on, hookers? Something like that shouldn't take over 5k (if that) to develop and run for a year.

J.

jennycards · 08-03-2003, 10:17 PM

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Originally posted by Mr.Fiction

Is there anyone in adult with a dating program like this yet?

"Hi jenny, i am contacting you because you are the lesbian fuck friend of judy who took part in a gang bang one of my lovers attended last weekend. Maybe we could meet for a drink?"

teenjump · 08-03-2003, 10:19 PM

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Originally posted by joseph4829

What did they waste all that money on, hookers? Something like that shouldn't take over 5k (if that) to develop and run for a year.

J.

Agreed.

jennycards · 08-03-2003, 10:19 PM

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Originally posted by joseph4829

What did they waste all that money on, hookers? Something like that shouldn't take over 5k (if that) to develop and run for a year.

J.

Tough $5k might be too little, $200k+ is unbelievable.

joseph4829 · 08-03-2003, 10:22 PM

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Originally posted by jennycards
Tough $5k might be too little, $200k+ is unbelievable.

Not if you're a developer like me who could code it all yourself. In that case, I could run a site like that for under 1k a year. It's just too freaking easy to make something like that, so it makes you wonder what they spend that money on.

Maybe its the same idiots from startup.com doing another movie and show you how to waste money.

jennycards · 08-03-2003, 10:25 PM

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Originally posted by joseph4829
Maybe its the same idiots from startup.com doing another movie and show you how to waste money.

Just my tought

hybrid · 08-03-2003, 10:36 PM

Well, considering that business expenses are write-offs, they prolly went out and bought new & better equipment and blew a bunch of cash on marketing on & offline...

joseph4829 · 08-03-2003, 10:42 PM

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Originally posted by hybrid
Well, considering that business expenses are write-offs, they prolly went out and bought new & better equipment and blew a bunch of cash on marketing on & offline...

You can get new equipment for under 5k that still run the site perfectly. And it says they didn't spend any money on advertising.

08-03-2003, 08:57 PM	#1
Mr.Fiction Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Free Speech Land Posts: 9,484	Peer to peer dating sites starting to blow up Friendster Network Grows in Popularity Christian Lesstrang didn't know a soul in Chicago after moving from San Francisco. So he turned to Friendster.com, a Web site that owes its rapidly growing popularity to a simple but effective formula. Unlike dating sites that disseminate profiles of people looking to meet others, Friendster lets people network only with their friends' other friends ? and those people's friends as well. Browsing through the hundreds of people in his Friendster network, Lesstrang, 32, came across a few in Chicago. He e-mailed them, told them how they were connected and asked if they'd be interested in meeting up. Within a week in his new city, Lesstrang had some get-togethers, and now he has met about 10 people he regularly sees. "You meet friends and there's really no expectations or anything weird about that," Lesstrang said. "It's just going through life, except through a referral network." One year after being launched by software engineer Jonathan Abrams, Friendster has attracted a healthy buzz and 1.3 million users ? despite no advertising and being officially only in beta, or test mode. The company has spent $250,000 getting started and operates out of a suite in Sunnyvale, Calif., with a staff of just seven. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...e/friendster_2 __________________ Don't be lazy, protect free speech: ACLU \| Free Speech Coalition \| EFF \| IMPA

08-03-2003, 10:13 PM	#4
Mortimer Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Where the hell am I now? Posts: 153	sounds like a good idea __________________ The wiseman owns little but knows much, while the fool knows little but owns much

08-03-2003, 09:09 PM	#2
foe Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Location: CT Posts: 5,246	Good idea. If anyone wants it coded contact me

08-03-2003, 10:36 PM	#11
hybrid So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Backseat of a Ford Escort Hatchback Posts: 3,253	Well, considering that business expenses are write-offs, they prolly went out and bought new & better equipment and blew a bunch of cash on marketing on & offline...