NYT Article on Friendster

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My personal take is that Friendster does not have much relevance today, their community has little added value as far as social networks are concerned.

originally nytimes.com

JONATHAN ABRAMS was in a spot. He could take the safe bet and accept the $30 million that Google was offering him for Friendster, the social networking Web start-up he began only a year earlier, in 2002. Saying yes to Google would provide a quick and stunning payout for relatively little work and instantly place the Friendster Web site in front of hundreds of millions of users across the globe.

full story here