Friendster originated in March of 2002. It was founded by Jonathan Abrams with its headquarters in Mountain View, California. The origin of the name of Friendster is the combining of "Friend" and "Napster." It aims to allow people the opportunity to make electronic connections.
Originally established as a dating Website, Friendster has become a social networking gathering place for practically any type of relationship. In 2003, Google offered to purchase Friendster, but Friendster's owners decided against that. Friendster remains privately held.
Not only does Friendster support individual connections, but the Website allows you to find and connect with groups with similar interests, hobbies, activities, members of the same school, and neighborhoods. Friendster offers a number of features. These include skins, customized layouts, photo sharing, and slide shows. There are many ways to customize and add widgets to Friendster. These include adding a clock, local weather, language choices, LED scroller, animated photo frames, games, 3D photo cubes, sports widget, and cartoonizer.
Friendster recently launched 9 new languages for users to navigate the content and features of the site. Languages included are English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Indonesian, Vietnamese, and Spanish. Friendster cannot help only friends connect, but also co-workers, business contacts, old classmates, romantic partners, and new friends can find each other here. Fan Pages can also be built to allow for a fan-based Website for artists, musicians and athletes.
Not only is Friendster available through the internet, but it is also available through any mobile device that is Internet ready. In some countries, users can sign up for text alerts and receive text messages through their cell phones. Future plans include users being able to respond to messages and friend requests from their Friendster profile through their mobile phones.
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