I always hear people these days go: Friendster, yuck! or Friendster Baduy!
For years, Friendster has been the number one social networking website in the country. Myspace was not able to topple it, Multiply threatened it. But Filipinos just love Friendster…. until now.
So enters Facebook. More interesting, interactive and user-friendly. It is uncluttered. It has apps that you can use personally and you can play games. You can catch up with people you know. Classmates from so long ago can track you down so easily.
Now Friendster is forgotten, almost to the point if disgust. Friendster, that was soooo last year. Duh.
When Myspace and Multiply came out, Friendter competed by allowing personalizing the themes. Made things cluttered but it did work. Now what they doesn’t work.
That is how easily people can discard a habit (even a lifestyle) for something trendier. Sure, we can go for the innovation but do we have to feel aghast? Why are we so engrossed by the number of people using something better and be disgusted by something new?
Like Twilight,I think this tells us something.
Something about human nature. Sure, it’s Friendster. It doesn’t really qualify as tangible. But it was a part of our life before.
Someday it may go to the ranks of passe things in the Internet, the way how mIRC has been forgotten. But at least it’s still there.
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OK, sige wag seryosohin ang buhay!
i have a friend who is waiting for his friend requests sa facebook to reach 200 before he switches from friendster to facebook.. profile pic nya sa friendster is the screenshot ng friend request nya and shoutout nya is how many friend requests he has..
That friend of yours seems interesting.
That’s life. People is continuously searching for the better. Let us face the reality.