You can see the hollowing out of Friendster in this diagram: The researchers describe heart of successful networks in terms of what that they call K-cores. These are subset of users who not only ...

Hey is the subject heading that each of these lovely ladies chose for the messages they sent me via Friendster, a social-networking site that I haven’t visited with any regularity since 2006.

From Yik Yak to Friendster, there have been plenty of short-lived social media sites that were popular one day and gone the next. Only a handful of social media platforms have dominated our ...

We’ve got more details on the Friendster acquisition announced last week. Rumors were floating that the buyer, MOL Global, paid as much as $100 million for Friendster. The real price ...

With a million members and counting, servers for six-month-old Web site Friendster are staggering under demand. Copycat competitors to the site are cropping up, and rumors of imminent subscription ...

On February 4, 2004, a Harvard University undergrad named Mark Zuckerberg introduced TheFacebook.com, a social networking site for his fellow students. Twenty years after its launch, social media ...

On December 10 2009, leading Southeast Asian payment provider MOL bought the pioneering social network Friendster for $39.5 million. Kuala Lumpur-based MOL is owned by Malaysian billionaire Tan ...

In reality, most web start-ups should be so lucky to become Friendster. No, it's not a web darling like Facebook. It doesn't drum up hundreds of headlines per day, nor has it gotten a snazzy $15 ...

Just when you thought the Friendster.com craze had ended – it’s Friendster the movie. The same producers who brought you films like “The Big Chill” and “Reality Bites” have plugged ...

Friendster has landed a $10 million investment, providing the struggling pioneer of social-networking sites with funds to try to recapture defecting users and establish new friendships. The ...

For Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, the demise of Friendster is a cautionary tale. Friendster, a social network founded in 2002, gained millions of users soon after it started but lost them ...