Prepare yourselves for a journey through the time machine
Because this blog post is about...
Friendster
The granny of social networking sites
N years ago
Before the emergence of Facebook
Friendster was the first social networking site for most of us
We add friends
We share photos
We post comments
We stalk people
We meet new friends
It was until Facebook arrived on the scene
That we turned our backs against Friendster
Now
Lots of people still have their Friendster accounts
But how many still remember they do?
Truly
The emergence of Facebook gave Friendster a sucker punch
It was until days ago that I came across the news of Friendster undergoing a revamp
Friendster is evolving to escape Facebook's shadow
The new Friendster would remove photo albums and comments from it's services
And focus on games
Hence users would have to save their pictures, comments, and profiles
To avoid losing it
You can read the news here
Luckily
There's an app called 'Friendster Exporter' that could allow me to download my full profile easily
And I did so
I re-read those messages dated way back to 2007
Brought back some memories indeed
You can download your Friendster profile here
While the old Friendster has became an afterthought
Hopefully the new Friendster could breath new life into it
I'm wondering how the new Friendster would look like
Will we all give it a second chance?
Will we see people coming back to Friendster?
Let's wait and see
Helpful Q&As here
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