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God, Friendster really does SUCK!!!

sparklingkisses — Sat, 22 May 2004 12:08:03 GMT

I am logging on once in a while because my email says I have messages waiting there, but when I go on...poof! SUCKAGE! Fuck them!

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Friendster denied my application for a band page for no reason!!!

David — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:22:07 GMT

Friendster sucks!, ever other networking site has accepted my music but not Friendster! there is no reason for them not to accept my music it does not break any copyright or have any bad language so whats the problem??. I canceled my account with them i'm sticking to Bebo and Myspace.

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Friendster is Crap --> My Blog

Yih Feng — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 08:26:17 GMT

http://friendsteriscrap.blogs.friendster.com/

Right in their face. God, I hate them so so so much...

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my freind wont leave freindster help

Wed, 12 Oct 2005 23:55:34 GMT

let me tell you i have a moon in aquarius freind who has shot down my offer to join tribe like twice she sooo into freindster
i mean my freind wont even allow me to send her an invite shes ignoring them how do i make her understand freindster is bad for her and only the completely retarded still stay on. i mean its so quiet .on tribe you can feel the good vibrations on the site
ami right? or am i right? or do i have an addiction to tribe?

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does it still suck?

refernet — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 05:02:36 GMT

I heard they downsized their staff this month.

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Wake Up!

Mon, 08 Nov 2004 16:49:33 GMT

No posts since September? What? We no longer hate Friendster?

This ought to wake you up. Word from a pretty reliable source is that Friendster is negotiating to purchase tribe. I've heard this off and on for a couple of months, but there seems to be something to it.

As it turns out, Tribe Networks hasn't figured out a way to turn any money on this site. Apparently they've learned nothing from the old Internet model of giving something away for free and hoping to make money based on volume. Friendster was purchased by monster.com a few months back and finds themself in a financial position to take advantage of tribe's "distressed position".

I for one am not looking forward to the concept of "tribester", but what are you going to do?

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Friendster spam... had to happen sometime...

omf — Fri, 17 Sep 2004 17:04:42 GMT

Just go this in my Friendster account:

From: Tsadok
Date: September 17, 2004 9:20 AM
Subject: Join my business network
Message: Hello Friend,

My name is Tsadok Levi Firseck. I'm 38 years old
businessman and I live with my wife and two
children in Israel.

These days are days of great excitement for me
as I'm working on expanding my network of
business partners around the globe. My network
is all about meeting smart and ambitious
business people around the world in order to
locate business opportunities and promote joint
ventures.

I'm writing to you in order to interest you in joining
my business network. Would you be interested in
having more information?

Thank you for your time.

Best regards,

Tsadok Levi Firseck

Website: www.mysynergy.net/momentum
Email: momentum@mysynergy.net

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Friendster Coder Fired

guacamoleairlines — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:42:15 GMT

Friendster coder with a blog gets canned.
http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/002498.html

Also includes a link to handy instructions for cancelling your shitty Friendster account. Yay!

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FriendsterMeister has a message fetish...

Tue, 24 Aug 2004 04:55:50 GMT

FriendsterMeister has a message fetish... ive accumulated approximately 6 BAZILLION messages over my stay sharing a bed with the jerk, and ive never successfully accessed a ONE of 'em!!

ok, that was stretching the truth a bit... so ive seen a few come and go. but, by in large, Friendster just simply:

SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS! heh.

right on right on. grin*

have fab Tuesday fellow F-naysayers. :)

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interview with Jonathan Abrams That I did at SXSW

bobhope — Sun, 15 Aug 2004 06:55:34 GMT

http://www.tielure.com/html/SXSW.htm

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fu&!!k friendster

Carrie Lynn — Wed, 04 Aug 2004 06:16:33 GMT

yea. i'm through with it. Today I put my new adjusted profile that says "I am no longer available on friendster, Friendster SUCKS! . . . YIPEE!!!!! sadly none of my other friends have left there to come here. and i also have to say. Friendster irritated me EVERYTIME i logged on. i could never see my messages.. so of course everyone prolly thinks i'm just dissing them. lol. it was soooooo fucking annoying. ok. just needed to vent. and plus. i can put more pictures here =) ((and i do think people are nicer =))

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lol

Tisha — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 06:48:17 GMT

I can't believe this. I feel at home in this tribe. I just got here but I do share a deep hatred of freindster. It's retarded and where are all of the communities? Like I want to see the same freinds over and over again. I don't even get my messeges from there. Yeayas I hath been saved!!!

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it always says i have new messages

am — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 18:53:11 GMT

in RED, like an alert!

whether I have messages or not.

very annoying

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BUGS, WORMS, TROGANS!

Wed, 23 Jun 2004 20:05:18 GMT

I HATE FRIENDSTER, IT ATE UP 2 OF MY PC'S WITH ALL THEIR

BUGS!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I HAVE A MEGA FIREWALL NOW.

GEEZ!!

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I love this tribe!

am — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 07:48:52 GMT

the pics in the album are quality.

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Ruthless Review

amanda — Sat, 29 May 2004 10:44:12 GMT

Check out my Ruthless Review of Friendster, I think you will all enjoy it:

http://ruthlessreviews.com/rants/friendstersucks.html

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Gallery Search

Ralph — Wed, 12 May 2004 20:50:49 GMT

I would say that Friendster's Gallery Search works for me about 30% of the time. Anyone else?

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So like, does Friendster suck, or what???!!!

Sat, 29 May 2004 01:55:16 GMT

Haven't had one of these in the postings for a while... :)

I just went on and I was like, this is CRAP...

I spirit of this tribe.

BTW, California RULZ!! ;)

-Steve

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All messages sent to a Black Hole, apparently

Bill — Thu, 20 May 2004 15:44:49 GMT

More than 2 days later, my supposed message from my friend has not shown up.

Just posted a bulletin board message... it's not there.

I conclude that all messages are falling into a black hole/wormhole of some sort.

Friendster=Suckster

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Google Releases Orkut Social Networking Service

carlwebb — Thu, 01 Apr 2004 05:22:23 GMT

Google Releases Orkut Social Networking Service

By Danny Sullivan, Editor
January 22, 2004

Google has quietly released a social networking service called orkut, named after Orkut Buyukkokten, a Google software engineer who developed the project during personal time allowed to him by Google.

All employees at Google are allowed to spend twenty percent of their time working on personal interests, a policy Google has to encourage creativity. Buyukkokten had an interest in social networking and so developed his service, Google says. Now the company has decided to open it to the public.

The move comes in the wake of rumors that Google wanted to buy social networking service Friendster last year and just a day after Eurekster launched, a social network service that refines search results. Is this a sign that Google plans to use social networking for search?

"We have absolutely no idea. We're going to watch this and see how people react to it," said Google spokesperson David Krane.

So we'll see. But Krane also stressed that the system is staying very informal, somewhat similar to when Google puts a "beta" moniker on products like Google Catalogs or Google Labs projects that may never actually make it into Google as a long-term offering.

"This service is in affiliation with Google, but it's a product of this 20 percent engineering time and something we haven't made a formal commitment to," Krane said.

Krane said the service currently has no monetization -- no ads are appearing on it from Google, nor is there a fee charged to join.

And how to join? It's invitation only. At the moment, most of those within the system are employees at Google or know employees at Google. So while the system is open to the public, it's really that the public now knows it exists. To be part of it, you'll have to hope that someone you know is within it and invites you to take part.

So is the launch a sign that Google really did want Friendster, and perhaps has decided to go this route as an alternative? Google won't comment on the Friendster rumor, saying only that it does have an interest in social networking, that the timing of this product is simply coincidental and that its exact plans for social networking remain to be determined.

"We think [social networking] is promising, but we don't have any near term commitments to it at all," Krane said.

http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3302741

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YAY

Pixiestyx — Fri, 21 May 2004 17:06:33 GMT

I cancelled my account!!!! and it feels great!!!! Happy Friday!

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I knew this Tribe had to exist

Fri, 21 May 2004 08:09:13 GMT

Friendster is the worst piece of shit that I have ever had the misfortune to log into! Email doesn't work, pages take forever to load, the system craps out ALL the time, and Friendster is USELESS for meeting people unless you already know them! I figure that since this tribe is in existance that you guys already know this. I mean seriously, what is the point of friendster? No posts, no blogs, crappy interests lists that don't link. Awww jesus, I was trying to make this short! Hmm then I'll just say that FRIENDSTER SUX ASS!

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messages?

Hoss — Mon, 17 May 2004 16:45:52 GMT

I got an email from friendster saying I have a message. 24 hours later and the message has still not appeared in my mailbox? Perhaps someone is delivering these messages by hand and not electronically???? How can their system be this slow?

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anyone on orkut yet?

thisisderrick — Tue, 18 May 2004 18:25:47 GMT

i'm feelin' kinda lonely over there. lol

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friendster nominated for a webby award

maryoneal — Sun, 02 May 2004 00:26:18 GMT

can y'all believe that? what about tribe? shooot

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Invalid user error

Wed, 05 May 2004 17:59:41 GMT

[start sarcasm]This is lovely...[end sarcasm]
----------------------------------------------
Question:
Why do I see an invalid user error when I try to view my friends or do other things on Friendster?

Answer:
This is an error caused when our server load is high. A very high user volume can cause our service to have difficulty performing certain functions and return an "invalid user" error or not show some recent changes or actions. There is nothing wrong with your account and no data has been lost.

We are currently in the process of upgrading our hardware and should have this problem addressed very soon.

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Tribe Vs Friendster.

Ralph — Wed, 05 May 2004 00:46:38 GMT

I must admit, I discovered Fster before Tribe... and really like it for a while... even though it was laden with problems. Since my shorter time at Tribe, Tribe have fixed every technical problem, offered new services and user interfaces, responded to criticism, incorporated those comments and revamped their entire main page not once, but twice. Meanwhile, Fster has yet to solve a single problem that has been daunting them. In fact, they seem to have more phony users than ever and have added new technical problems.
Today on Fster I got a new exciting error message: java.lang.NullPointerException, and I can't log in at all.

All this by way of saying:

Tribe... you guys are great.

Fster... you suck.

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zefrank video - friendster rant

guacamoleairlines — Wed, 14 Apr 2004 19:33:03 GMT

funny stuff -
http://www.zefrank.com/smallworld/

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stuck Friendsters fear change

NNM~ — Thu, 08 Apr 2004 08:02:36 GMT

Trying to get some people over here and they don't want to leave ! No matter what I tell them all the perks! Any hints?

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Orkut is becoming another friendster (performance wise)

refernet — Wed, 04 Feb 2004 03:43:35 GMT

Ok, I'm on it and constantly getting "Service Not Available" whever I click on a link...must be a .Net thing.

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you have got to be kidding me!

Pixiestyx — Tue, 16 Mar 2004 05:22:31 GMT

So this message below is what I read today on my friendster message board..did any of you recieve this???

Message: URGENT: read this....it's very important

Message: Jerald Feanaro wrote:
Because of the sudden rush of people
signing up to Friendster, it has come to our
attention that we are vastly running out of
resources. So, within a month's time,anyone
who does not receive this BULLETIN with the
exact
subject heading, will be deleted off our server.
Please forward this BULLETIN so that we
know
you are still using this account.

WARNING WARNING
We want to find out which users are actually
using their Friendster accounts. So if you
are using your account, please pass this
bulletin to every Friendster user that you can
and IF YOU DO NOT PASS this news to
anyone we
will delete your account.

From,
Mr. ALLEN SMITH
Friendster beta
Admin. Dept.

Our Friendster system is getting too
crowded!! We need you to forward this...

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Google plans to integrate Orkut with its search engine

refernet — Sun, 28 Mar 2004 10:48:13 GMT

What is everyone's reaction?

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what's friendster?

Mon, 02 Feb 2004 01:04:29 GMT

i keep hearing about friendster but don't really know what it is. Is it like tribe or something?

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New changes @ Friendster that we don't want

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 23:13:06 GMT

This is what I saw when I logged on there today:

"Friendster Alert!

As we announced a few weeks ago, we will be making changes to the system to improve site performance. These changes will be launched this week. In particular, two new features will be introduced to empower you to select (1) the level of exposure for your full profile and (2) the level of messaging between you and other members. These two features will enable you to decide on the right level of privacy for yourself and will also help us address site performance. For more information, check our Help pages."

WOW! BIG DEAL! Why does it take a message I send to 1 person 5+ days to get to and another 5+ days to get back to me??? WHY CAN'T YOU @ FRIENDSTER FIX THAT? WANKERS!

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Friendster sucks

Thea — Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:30:39 GMT

Jezus. I know my friend has sent two messages to me through Friendster. But when I go to the inbox, where it indicates there are indeed two messages, and I click on it it says: mailbox empty!

Right. Friendster sucks.

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TRIBENET SUCKS MORE!!!

Jerrica — Wed, 24 Dec 2003 05:01:42 GMT

You know what? In the last 3 weeks at least, I think I've been able to get on this site 2 times. Oh, I get e-mails telling me there are messages. But when I go to the link? it always says incorrect password. So I ask for a new one to be sent. AND THAT ONE DOESN'T WORK EITHER!!!!! I may not be able to get back on here for another month, so why even bother? This place is the worst! Am I the only one having problems here????

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poitics on F-ster?

PureEvil — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 16:33:10 GMT

What's up on F-ster, are they attempting to get political? Check out the little F-ster blurb on my home page:

"What is Senator Kerry's favorite movie? Does President Bush love Rock n' Roll or classical music?
The 2004 Presidential candidates have joined Friendster. So keep an eye out for John Kerry, John Edwards, and George W.Bush!

To learn more about the candidates, get informed about the issues,and to register to vote, visit www.declareyourself.com "

IS THIS FOR REAL? Of course I checked it out and found several John Kerry's and too many W's and Edwards' to count. So what the fuck, are some of these "real" Fuckster endorsed profiles? Does this mean they're going to round up and kill the "fake" candidates? And WHERE'S NADER!?

Oh, yeah and WHAT'S UP WITH THIS? I got a bulletin from my buddy
ROCHESTER which read:

"I will be boycotting friendster.com as long as
they are running RNC ads. Perhaps canceling this
account as well. I hope some of you will do the
same."

Has anyone else seen these ads? I can't see any pictures when I'm on
F-ster these days.

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Talk to a F-ster employee!

PureEvil — Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:57:46 GMT

I'm currently having a little fight with some Friendster employee on why Friendster SUCKS. If any of you guys want to pile on, it's here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FriendsterRevolution/?yguid=154286087

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rumors?

Thu, 05 Feb 2004 16:26:03 GMT

Decided to log into Friendster and see what was going on. When I got there I saw this:

Stop the rumor mill!

There seem to be quite a few rumors floating around - Friendster deleting your friends, Friendster shutting down, Friendster charging...

We're not deleting your friends. We're not shutting down. And Friendster will never charge you to log in or join Friendster. Today, Friendster makes money from advertising. In the future, we will add premium services with optional fees, while keeping basic Friendster membership FREE!

Friendster will not use bulletin board posts to communicate with you. For the official Friendster word, look for Friendster Alerts on your Friendster home page.

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Will you guys be my friend?

Nate — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 06:12:21 GMT

I'm trying to build a completely non-friendster based friend base. Will you be my friends? I'm totally normal...and mildly cool. Thanks.

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Sooooooooo sloooooow........

oceanfire — Wed, 07 Jan 2004 10:26:50 GMT

Any time I try to log into friendster, or click any link on friendster, it takes FOREVER to do anything. Sometimes by the time I get to the page I want, I have to log back in because it took so long. Now I've cleared my cache enough times that it is not a caching problem. What is going on here? Am I the only one experiencing this problem? How can they possibly expect to run a business off a site that doesn't work??

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Now Pics have to Be APPROVED!!!

Mon, 26 Jan 2004 21:38:00 GMT

Just joined.

Hello.

I logged on to my friendster account this morning and found that some of my pics were not "approved" anymore.

What a crock of s%$t.

I was already pissed at them for being slow and a bit too restrictive in their policies but now...

Real pissed!!!

Anyway, hello again.

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Why oh why?!?

Ralph — Fri, 09 Jan 2004 03:14:18 GMT

Yes, Friendster sucks, but why does Friendster suck so bad? Does anyone know, technically speaking?

Tribe does so much more than Friendster, and does it all so much better. Friendster seem to get worse month, after month after month? What's their problem?

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PAGING ROY BATTY

Tue, 27 Jan 2004 20:44:07 GMT

If you were the incredibly smart "Roy Batty" Fakester who wrote the Fakester Manifesto, please contact me. If you are not, please proceed to the nearest place for awesomeness and get some awesome in you.

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It sucks, but does Friendster blow too?

refernet — Sun, 25 Jan 2004 09:48:26 GMT

(National) Enquiry wants to know.

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Friendster bug..

Sat, 17 Jan 2004 19:49:46 GMT

Don't forget that wonderful bug in friendster and IE
on winxp that breaks image processing!

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Friendster Rocks!

Wed, 07 Jan 2004 01:09:32 GMT

I just got a friend invitation for friendster from October 1st..

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friendster touch worse

88Esq — Fri, 16 Jan 2004 07:11:53 GMT

So I hadn't logged on in like 4 months because it was slow.
It's now so slow I physically can't log on because it times out.
That's the end of that chapter.

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Fucking loggin in!

VivaElLarva — Thu, 18 Dec 2003 22:20:34 GMT

When I send messages, view my profile, or post on Friendster I hafta fucking relog into my account, wtf is that about?

Is this a new thing?

-L(MYspaceter just got Instant messenger, weeeeeeee....)

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Ignore Previous Message

88Esq — Sat, 03 Jan 2004 09:04:02 GMT

It turns out that friendster is really the one that sucks and tribe is just fine.

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Why I joined

jorga — Sat, 03 Jan 2004 14:46:49 GMT

I just went to my friendster page to add a testimonial to my friend's page. friendster takes so goddamn long to do anything. The downloading and the lag is just stupid. Friendster sucks bloody ass! If Tribe.net starts lagging like that, then it will suck bloody ass, too. Friendster.com can eat my ass.

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Ya can't say FUCK & COCK on Friendster

sparklingkisses — Fri, 02 Jan 2004 02:34:34 GMT

So I like this better!

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hatester.org

Headache — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 18:06:16 GMT

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Just got kicked off friendster (for the first time)

Mon, 22 Dec 2003 01:00:31 GMT

They sent me a nice message about how my site violated the rules i.e. picture of an animal, (Hey that's no way to talk about your mother) and information about something other than yourself.

Friendster says they only kick you off when someone complains about your site. I'm sure this is true since my little site (22 friends) wouldn't be very noticable, and almost all of my friends (18) were obvious fakesters (Winona Ryder, Courtney Love, Jane Doe, Jimmy Hoffa, Jiminey Cricket, Sock Monkey etc.) with lots of friends.

The email I received said that Friendster actually enjoys some of the fake profiles, and that with 4 million subscribers they didn't have time to track down anyone.

What can I say? It doesn't make a bit of sense- but then neither does 4 more years of George Bush.

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<Report User>

Weedmeister — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 17:16:33 GMT

Don't you just love that nazi-esque <Report User> link within the profiles of all friendster users? It's like they want you to rat on your friends... Three cheers for Friendster!

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Jon munch my butt!

Sun, 14 Dec 2003 23:23:28 GMT

snarfle.
kak.

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it's my gole

erictartakoff — Sun, 07 Dec 2003 20:24:15 GMT

now to get kicked off friendster. I've heared it's easy to do. so i posted a pro tribe posting.

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silly fakesters!

elambart — Tue, 28 Oct 2003 21:23:54 GMT

Jeez, you guys have way too much time on your hands. We all know Friendster sucks, so why not spend all that free time making tribe.net a better place to hang out (join the Tribe Ideas tribe, post some messages on your favourite tribes, invite some more friends...), rather than trying so hard to make Friendster an even more miserable place than it already is?

Sorry, I just don't get it.
Eric

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Friendster Statistics

quiplash — Thu, 04 Dec 2003 14:03:38 GMT

News release from the Friendsterwhore Institute of Statistical Trends
(F.I.S.T.)....

Since I've got access to my Gallery (again.. finally) and to a good chunk of Friendsterspace (hey, what good is a HUGE network if you ain't gonna use it?), let's have some fun and run a few stats: (assuming that the half of Friendsterspace I *don't* have access to is pretty much the same as the half I *do* have access to...)

In all cases, the first number is the result when doing a search on my gallery; it is followed in parentheses by the estimated percentage of Friendsterspace that matches that result.

People who indicated that they were men: 862,398 (41%)

People who indicated that they were women: 835,240 (40%) ... which means that 9% weren't really sure WHO they were...

People who are "just here to help": 327,533 (16%)

People who are looking for activity partners: 932,953 (45%)

People who are looking for friends: 1,339,616 (64%)

AND DAMN DAMN DAMN! Wouldn't ya know it... "Your personal network is temporarily unavailable"....
More stats later at the following URL:
http://friendsterslut.blogspot.com

--Ryan the (semi-retired) Friendster Slut :-)

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For All of You Still On Friendster....

thisisderrick — Tue, 02 Dec 2003 17:35:49 GMT

Why the fuck aren't we friendsters yet!? haha

i don't go on as much as i used to, but i still wanna get past the 2 million mark for connections and i'm at 1 million-9 haha. besides, i actually DO email and talk to some of the people on my list....SOME haha.

madnisenklosed@hotmail.com--let's chat on here AND on friendster!

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Hating friendster is soooooooo five minutes ago....

Wed, 26 Nov 2003 20:09:23 GMT

I just i would get my two cents.....I hate to break it to everyone but.......it is with great regret that i say it is time to move on people.You have to let it go....all that anger,all that hate,we just have to put all of this ugliness behind us.We could find a new more deserving target..like say I don't know the president and all his flunkies and their foreign ploicy.I mean if we had tribe with 400 and some odd people bitching about the goverment it would be soooooo much more productive then playing the jr. high "I hate the them,we are cooler" game.I know it is hard to let the anger go,but nobody even goes there anymore......it was hard for me too,but the hardest step is the first one.

Good Luck.

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So I'm not supposed to use IE

angrybutterfly — Fri, 21 Nov 2003 06:27:59 GMT

My husband told me not to use internet explorer, so I'm using mozilla, and I can never get mozillia to work with friendster,It says that the cookies are blocked but they are not, I checked. All my friends are joining tribe, so here I am.

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"Friendster" Article in Wired Magazine

DaB0mb — Sat, 22 Nov 2003 04:59:55 GMT

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,61150,00.html/wn_ascii

Friendster Quickly Gathering Foes
By Daniel Terdiman 02:00 AM Nov. 21, 2003 PT

Friendster looks to be all the rage. Walk into any supermarket and you're likely to overhear milk stockers talking about it. It recently scored some big new venture capitalist funding. And its membership rolls are blooming.

But behind the fairy tale of an Internet success story is a disturbing trend.

Though it remains at the top of the online social networking heap, there are increasing rumblings that some of Friendster's earliest core users are unhappy with it. And now that they've found alternatives to the service, many are packing up and moving on.

The key issues behind the Friendster abandonment trend, according to users, are the service's inability to do anything about its habitual server lag problems, and its growing reputation for heavy-handed moral policies and unilateral decisions it makes on behalf of its members.

Friendster did not make anyone available for comment for this story.

"It was much fun once I was on (Friendster), friend-requesting everyone and amassing a surprising, to me, amount of testimonials," recalls Allison Lange of her early experiences with Friendster. "I loved logging in each day and seeing all my friends' shiny happy faces beaming up at me."

But Lange's own happy times with Friendster quickly faded.

"First of all, the service was always slow," she said. "Then, the 'Friendstapo' showed up and started killing fakesters" -- fake member personas that became popular on the service -- "auditing what photos people could use and censoring language. It all really disagreed with me on an ideological level, and because it made Friendster less fun."

Lange is not alone. Others talk of problems such as extreme difficulties getting the service to adhere to requests for membership cancellation.

"I tried to delete my profile on Friendster, but couldn't find any way to do that with their interface," says former member Kevin Gilmore. "I e-mailed their support to ask how I deleted my profile. I was told that they didn't do that (and that) if I didn't want to use the service ... I should just not log on. That was not good enough for me. So, I pushed them further. I told them I wanted my profile gone. They were rude. They were indignant. I threatened a lawsuit. My profile disappeared. The whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth."

Clearly, one of the problems Friendster is having is with its service and support teams. Its website lists a phone number to call with questions, but the voice message on that line refers all callers to departmental e-mail addresses.

There are some who feel that the service still suits their needs, especially when it comes to dating. That, of course, may be Friendster's strongest suit and what has so far kept it significantly ahead of competitors like Tribe.net.

"I haven't taken down my Friendster profile, nor am I likely to, for one simple reason," says a member who calls herself Mermaid. "Friendster actually does one thing better than Tribester, and yes, I call it that on purpose, and that thing is dating. Friendster is all about the hookup."

Heathen Michael Persephone, another Friendster devotee, agrees, and thinks Friendster does the best job of enabling her sex life.

"I like Friendster because it is more people-oriented," she says. "Tribe is more geared towards selling used blenders and looking for a job. I don't need to be reminded how many jobless people there are, or what awful things people will do for a buck.... What I want is the fantasy that we are all rock stars, that everyone's ass looks great in leather, that everyone is sexy."

Yet, despite the way Friendster succeeded so rapidly at helping people get a solid handle on what their networks of friends were like, it is likely going to have a hard time keeping those people happy unless it does a better job of listening to them and addressing their concerns.

One concern is that Friendster needs to lighten up and give its users what they want.

"Friendster ... lacked a sense of humor," says Lisa Pimental. "Many of us had created profiles for our pets, and we were having fun hooking up our dogs and cats. And Friendster came along and deleted those profiles."

Perhaps Friendster's biggest problem is that its list of competitors is growing, and that some of them, particularly Tribe, get much better performance reviews.

"Tribe.net shows all the polish of a team taking a good long look at Friendster, noting both its limitations and also what people on Friendster were trying to do," says Tribe fan Dennis Hescox. "Friendster seemed to have an opinion about how someone should use their system and blocking any other uses the community tried to use it for."

All of this is, of course, music to Mark Pincus' ears. Pincus, Tribe's CEO, is also an investor in Friendster, but he seems to realize that taking the moral high road on an online social networking tool is not the way to go.

"We don't want to make our network one that works well for one segment and turns off whole other segments," Pincus says. "I can't tell you we're never going to piss off some segment of our users. (But) we're trying to create enough sandboxes and segment enough so that people can express themselves and not be offensive to others."

The bottom line for Friendster may be that it misread the needs of those who have left for other services, like Tribe or Emode.

"The main issue with Friendster is that it treats every member as an individual, rather than tackling the much more complex issue of groups," says Katrina Glerum, who developed a social networking program for University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business. "I think Tribe is better, because it starts with the assumption that people are parts of communities, rather than that people are all lone gunmen."

posted in friendster sucks - 2 replies

I think I'm lost in here!

Aura — Sun, 23 Nov 2003 01:59:23 GMT

so yeah this place is huge
anyone I know on here??

posted in friendster sucks - 4 replies

WHOA.

Fri, 21 Nov 2003 14:30:31 GMT

This is one-in-a-million things that happen in Friendster you wanna see. When I tried to sign in, WHAM, I got this error:

Error

Help & Support: help@friendster.com
Bug Reports: bugs@friendster.com

No operations allowed after connection closed. Connection was closed due to the following exception: ** BEGIN NESTED EXCEPTION ** java.sql.SQLException MESSAGE: Communication link failure: java.net.SocketException, underlying cause: Connection reset ** BEGIN NESTED EXCEPTION ** java.net.SocketException MESSAGE: Connection reset STACKTRACE: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:168) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(BufferedInputStream.java:183) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:201) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.reuseAndReadPacket(MysqlIO.java:1399) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:1775) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sendCommand(MysqlIO.java:1020) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQueryDirect(MysqlIO.java:1109) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQuery(MysqlIO.java:1070) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:2027) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:1984) at com.mysql.jdbc.Statement.executeQuery(Statement.java:1152) at com.friendster.data.Database.executeQuery(Database.java:5524) at com.friendster.data.Database.getPhotoListQuery(Database.java:1782) at com.friendster.data.Database.getPhotos(Database.java:1769) at org.apache.jsp.viewphotos_jsp._jspService(viewphotos_jsp.java:325) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:137) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:204) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:260) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:509) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.FriendsterHttpProcessor.process(FriendsterHttpProcessor.java:1063) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.FriendsterHttpProcessor.run(FriendsterHttpProcessor.java:1203) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536) ** END NESTED EXCEPTION ** STACKTRACE: java.sql.SQLException: Communication link failure: java.net.SocketException, underlying cause: Connection reset ** BEGIN NESTED EXCEPTION ** java.net.SocketException MESSAGE: Connection reset STACKTRACE: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:168) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(BufferedInputStream.java:183) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:201) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.reuseAndReadPacket(MysqlIO.java:1399) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:1775) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sendCommand(MysqlIO.java:1020) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQueryDirect(MysqlIO.java:1109) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQuery(MysqlIO.java:1070) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:2027) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:1984) at com.mysql.jdbc.Statement.executeQuery(Statement.java:1152) at com.friendster.data.Database.executeQuery(Database.java:5524) at com.friendster.data.Database.getPhotoListQuery(Database.java:1782) at com.friendster.data.Database.getPhotos(Database.java:1769) at org.apache.jsp.viewphotos_jsp._jspService(viewphotos_jsp.java:325) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:137) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:204) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:260) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:509) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.FriendsterHttpProcessor.process(FriendsterHttpProcessor.java:1063) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.FriendsterHttpProcessor.run(FriendsterHttpProcessor.java:1203) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536) ** END NESTED EXCEPTION ** at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.reuseAndReadPacket(MysqlIO.java:1527) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:1775) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sendCommand(MysqlIO.java:1020) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQueryDirect(MysqlIO.java:1109) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQuery(MysqlIO.java:1070) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:2027) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:1984) at com.mysql.jdbc.Statement.executeQuery(Statement.java:1152) at com.friendster.data.Database.executeQuery(Database.java:5524) at com.friendster.data.Database.getPhotoListQuery(Database.java:1782) at com.friendster.data.Database.getPhotos(Database.java:1769) at org.apache.jsp.viewphotos_jsp._jspService(viewphotos_jsp.java:325) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:137) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:204) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:260) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:509) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.FriendsterHttpProcessor.process(FriendsterHttpProcessor.java:1063) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.FriendsterHttpProcessor.run(FriendsterHttpProcessor.java:1203) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536) ** END NESTED EXCEPTION ** java.sql.SQLException: No operations allowed after connection closed. Connection was closed due to the following exception: ** BEGIN NESTED EXCEPTION ** java.sql.SQLException MESSAGE: Communication link failure: java.net.SocketException, underlying cause: Connection reset ** BEGIN NESTED EXCEPTION ** java.net.SocketException MESSAGE: Connection reset STACKTRACE: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:168) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(BufferedInputStream.java:183) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:201) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.reuseAndReadPacket(MysqlIO.java:1399) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:1775) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sendCommand(MysqlIO.java:1020) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQueryDirect(MysqlIO.java:1109) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQuery(MysqlIO.java:1070) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:2027) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:1984) at com.mysql.jdbc.Statement.executeQuery(Statement.java:1152) at com.friendster.data.Database.executeQuery(Database.java:5524) at com.friendster.data.Database.getPhotoListQuery(Database.java:1782) at com.friendster.data.Database.getPhotos(Database.java:1769) at org.apache.jsp.viewphotos_jsp._jspService(viewphotos_jsp.java:325) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:137) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:204) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:260) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:509) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.FriendsterHttpProcessor.process(FriendsterHttpProcessor.java:1063) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.FriendsterHttpProcessor.run(FriendsterHttpProcessor.java:1203) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536) ** END NESTED EXCEPTION ** STACKTRACE: java.sql.SQLException: Communication link failure: java.net.SocketException, underlying cause: Connection reset ** BEGIN NESTED EXCEPTION ** java.net.SocketException MESSAGE: Connection reset STACKTRACE: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:168) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(BufferedInputStream.java:183) at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:201) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.reuseAndReadPacket(MysqlIO.java:1399) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:1775) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sendCommand(MysqlIO.java:1020) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQueryDirect(MysqlIO.java:1109) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQuery(MysqlIO.java:1070) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:2027) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:1984) at com.mysql.jdbc.Statement.executeQuery(Statement.java:1152) at com.friendster.data.Database.executeQuery(Database.java:5524) at com.friendster.data.Database.getPhotoListQuery(Database.java:1782) at com.friendster.data.Database.getPhotos(Database.java:1769) at org.apache.jsp.viewphotos_jsp._jspService(viewphotos_jsp.java:325) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:137) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:204) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:260) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:509) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.FriendsterHttpProcessor.process(FriendsterHttpProcessor.java:1063) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.FriendsterHttpProcessor.run(FriendsterHttpProcessor.java:1203) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536) ** END NESTED EXCEPTION ** at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.reuseAndReadPacket(MysqlIO.java:1527) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:1775) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sendCommand(MysqlIO.java:1020) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQueryDirect(MysqlIO.java:1109) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQuery(MysqlIO.java:1070) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:2027) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:1984) at com.mysql.jdbc.Statement.executeQuery(Statement.java:1152) at com.friendster.data.Database.executeQuery(Database.java:5524) at com.friendster.data.Database.getPhotoListQuery(Database.java:1782) at com.friendster.data.Database.getPhotos(Database.java:1769) at org.apache.jsp.viewphotos_jsp._jspService(viewphotos_jsp.java:325) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:137) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:204) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:260) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:509) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.FriendsterHttpProcessor.process(FriendsterHttpProcessor.java:1063) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.FriendsterHttpProcessor.run(FriendsterHttpProcessor.java:1203) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536) ** END NESTED EXCEPTION ** at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.checkClosed(Connection.java:2741) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.createStatement(Connection.java:1198) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.createStatement(Connection.java:1216) at com.friendster.data.Database.executeIntQuery(Database.java:5563) at com.friendster.data.Database.executeIntQuery(Database.java:5551) at com.friendster.data.Database.countWhere(Database.java:5438) at com.friendster.data.Database.countPendingTestimonials(Database.java:3145) at org.apache.jsp.home_jsp._jspService(home_jsp.java:295) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:137) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:204) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:260) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:509) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.FriendsterHttpProcessor.process(FriendsterHttpProcessor.java:1063) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.FriendsterHttpProcessor.run(FriendsterHttpProcessor.java:1203) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)

posted in friendster sucks - 6 replies

(un)dead celebs

Singin' Bill — Sun, 23 Nov 2003 05:30:56 GMT

finally, theres a place for those eternal greats so rudely excommunicated from un-friendster to have a home of their own:

http://deadcelebs.tribe.net

if any of you are a close personal friend of any of these great spirits, now dispossessed and wandering the ether, please let them know they will be welcomed..

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What's wrong with Friendster?

Chris — Sat, 22 Nov 2003 02:41:36 GMT

I just joined tribe, but I was never a member at that OTHER place. I've heard some haircurling rumors though - what's the scoop on Friendster?

posted in friendster sucks - 2 replies

i have a plan

inga — Sat, 11 Oct 2003 18:47:25 GMT

we need to coordinate a day where we all remove all profiles, get the emails you want and collect your testi's and leave the same day.
anyone with me here?

bastard abrams needs some bastard tactics....
i feel strongly about this, so...who is with me? with me?
we can do this right, and wont that be nice!

posted in friendster sucks - 21 replies

Heeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyy!

sparklingkisses — Mon, 17 Nov 2003 12:28:52 GMT

Hey dolls & Friendster haters! It was getting very dull there! I'm here and loving you! Big Kiss and cocktails!

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I did it!!!

MESCAL — Sat, 01 Nov 2003 08:40:53 GMT

I was able to let go today. I cancelled my friendster acount. Is there a 12 step program for this? I need support or I may Friendster again. I can't go back to that life. God help me!!

posted in friendster sucks - 12 replies

Investors snub Friendster in patent grab

elambart — Thu, 13 Nov 2003 21:26:56 GMT

Note that tribe.net's CEO is one of the purchasers of the patent:
http://rss.com.com/2100-1032_3-506136.html

Well, that ought to help insure that Friendster continues to suck...

posted in friendster sucks - 1 reply

okay we all need to think about this for a minute

Fri, 31 Oct 2003 22:41:16 GMT

I see all the disadvantages of the whole friendster thing, but i am really beginning to think we should like go out and meet real people in the real world instead of worring about"taking down the man".I mean we could put forth this much effort into changing the world instead of "getting back at friendster" for deleting something that was never real in the first place.Now I am not trying to rock the boat.If you lots of spare time and want screw with this Abrahams charater,then more power to you, but plaes don't delude yourself with these thoughts of grandeur about fighting to the good fight and getting back at someone who spurrned you.It seems a little....I don't know..highschool cliqueish or something.Why can't all these sites live some kind of peaceful resolve.Hell I hear people on myspace knockin' both of these aformetinoed sites(myspace sucks by the way..heh,heh).Now I am sure i will receive tons of hate messages liek "you stupid self-rightous asshole,just leave",but see that is the mentality I am trying to steer us away from.Anyway it was just a thought.Oh, and I am a hyporcrite by the way because i to have too much time on my hands.So if someone has a peaceful alternitive throw it out there.Because a lot of people here are still on friendster even thought it sucks......must be something good there....just have to weed otu the bullshit from the roses.Later....

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How I used Friendster tonight

Dea — Wed, 05 Nov 2003 07:02:35 GMT

Entered username and password.

Went to kitchen.

Microwaved something for dinner (leftover beef stew... yum.)

Emptied the dishwasher.

Came back to the computer to find my homepage with no network.

Clicked to get my messages.

Surfed Tribe.

Clicked on the picture of the person who sent the new message.

Surfed Tribe some more.

Discovered that my connection to him was unavailable.

Clicked back.

Surfed tribe even more. Posted a message.

Clicked reply.

Sent the guy a short note.

Surfed Tribe while I waited for it to send.

Clicked home.

Surfed tribe and wrote this message while I waited for my homepage to load.

It finally has my network. Good for it.

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can tribe take the load?

foresto — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 00:05:00 GMT

Tribe is responding slowly today, and I'm pretty sure we don't have nearly as many users here as friendster has. Are there any informed opinions here about how well tribe would hold up to the kind of load friendster has? I'd love to see it perform better than friendster does.

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Friendster spurns Google offer...

quiplash — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:01:03 GMT

See the October 31st Mercury News article at URL:

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/7148749.htm

--Ryan.

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Yafro!

quiplash — Sat, 01 Nov 2003 02:39:05 GMT

Hi, Ryan the Friendster Slut here...

Came across a website ve3ry much like friendster which is brand new and set up by Jim Young and James Hong, the two guys who were behind the hugely successful "Am I Hot or Not?" website (remember that one?). You have an opportunity to get in on the ground floor here!

Click on this link to go to the site which is called Yafro:

http://www.yafro.com/k/?i=c34f302p8u9424h

It will give you access to my contact information
and you can also see my profile there.

Spread the word, let's start yet another social network!

--Ryan the Friendster Slut
http://friendsterslut.blogspot.com

posted in friendster sucks - 0 replies

how to do it

Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:35:44 GMT

check out the pic I posted today....hehe

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i left freindster

abrasivefrank — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 08:22:27 GMT

i left freindster at 12:16 am on oct 31.
what about everyone else?
now that im gone, i think ill leave this tribe to...haha

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tribe not as superficial

faeriedreamer — Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:07:55 GMT

In my short time on here, I have found that people are alot nicer. Friendster had a pretty superfical feel to it in how people wrote about themselves and others. I do not know if I am the only one who thinks this or not. Anyone notice that? I like tribe alot more. It is cool getting all my messages and it is really great to not get notices for ones I already read weeks ago (like on friendster)and all my messages go through and do not disappear when I try to send them. Go tribe :)

posted in friendster sucks - 10 replies

halloween

SilverdenStarson — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:52:43 GMT

Ok, all you connected peeps....what is everybody doing for Halloween/neewollah?......

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FRIENDSTER'S JONATHAN ABRAMS COMES TO AUSTIN, TX

carlwebb — Sat, 25 Oct 2003 07:09:46 GMT

FRIENDSTER'S JONATHAN ABRAMS TO KEYNOTE South By
Southwest Interactive Festival

MARCH 16

Jonathan Abrams, the founder & CEO of the popular
online networking service Friendster, has been
confirmed as the Tuesday, March 16 keynote
speaker. Abrams was previously the founder & CEO
of HotLinks, and has worked in senior engineering
roles at companies such as Netscape and Nortel.
He is a member of the Advisory Board of the
Silicon Valley Association of Startup
Entrepreneurs, and was the former Co-Chair of the
SDForum Venture Finance SIG.

http://www.sxsw.com/interactive/

posted in friendster sucks - 2 replies

exodus

djspaceinvader — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 02:37:50 GMT

if you're planning on participating in the "exodus" being discussed on this board, please read this.

there are a number of sleeper profiles, as well as realsters who have had it, who are going to be revealed as space invaders at some time in the near future. this is a response by the invaders to the deletion of the original "space invader". the sleepers are busy establishing themselves and their networks, and when the time is right (mwahahaha) they will reveal themselves. you never know who might be one of them...

we are calling on all who are down with the fakester cause to pilot a kamikaze space invader or 2 or 3 or 10, preferably by first creating a sleeper OR converting their own profile into a space invader, which will surely be deleted.

if you're leaving anyway, why not help the aliens take over? think about it... if you want more info, contact playerzero_78 (at) yahoo.

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invasion

djspaceinvader — Sun, 26 Oct 2003 05:00:26 GMT

word has it that the invaders are here.

they're disguised as real people, living among us. boring people. but lurking beneath, waiting to reveal themselves, two bit video game characters. like "V" but different. mainly in that they're just friendster profiles, and they don't necessarily eat rodents.

if anyone would like to pilot a space invader, there are pics up on the friendsterrevolution yahoo site: photos > fakester revolutionaries > invasion .

if anyone has a better place to store the pics, the contact is playerzero_78@yahoo.com .

.j.

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r.i.p. space invader

djspaceinvader — Sat, 25 Oct 2003 15:02:57 GMT

after only three short weeks, having not quite broken the 100 friend mark (but having broken the 1,000,000 in network mark), space invader has joined the ranks of the fallen elite. she was brave and dedicated, and her interests included "moving left, moving right, and firing missiles."

hmmm... how fun would it be to invade friendster with space invader clones?

input?

.j.

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SPAM THE HELL OUTTA FRIENDSTER

G_H_I_E_S_T — Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:51:32 GMT

I say that we all put friendsters webmasters in every single porn site and spam directory possible and maybe they will get a clue and shutdown:D

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Friendster Documentary!!!

Wed, 24 Sep 2003 00:45:59 GMT

hi everybody,

i'm trying to meet people to talk about Friendster and the conflict between Jonathan Abrams and the FriendsterRevolution.

if you are willing to help or be featured in the doc, please let me know.

i'm not joking, this is serious.

take care,

Dave

posted in friendster sucks - 21 replies

Read this Article

closepin — Thu, 14 Aug 2003 03:03:38 GMT

http://www.sfweekly.com/issues/2003-08-13/feature.html

He's a real nice guy.

posted in friendster sucks - 9 replies

excommunicated

teiwaz — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 20:25:08 GMT

i was deleted from friendster (i was not a fakester) with no notice. probably because i linked to tribe.net in my profile. c'est la vie! hopefully my network of 200+ come over too.

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FRIENDSTER CHALLENGE #1.

quiplash — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:03:45 GMT

Hey, there's 2.7 million people on Friendster; let's have some fun :-) ...

I issue a challenge to those members of the Friendster Sucks tribe who still have friendster accounts (even if you are leaving October 31st; hey, why not go out with a bang!), and to all my fellow Friendster whores:

The winner of this challenge gets a glowing,
over-the-top testimonial from yours truly (what,
you were expecting a washer-drier combo?).

The challenge: to have seven people in your
personal network (that is, one degree of
separation from you) where one is from EACH of the
seven continents:

1. North America
2. South America
3. Europe
4. Africa
5. Asia
6. Australia
7. Antarctica (YES, Antarctica!)

--Ryan the Friendster Slut :-)
http://friendsterslut.blogspot.com

posted in friendster sucks - 1 reply

2mill on friendster?

88Esq — Sat, 18 Oct 2003 01:03:15 GMT

I saw a report on some TV news program that 2 million people are on friendster?
What the fuck good is an online community where people link up to their pre-existing friends then never check their accounts?
I can see 1.2 million people. I see no point to degrees of separation at this point.
Fuck em.

Matt

posted in friendster sucks - 16 replies

Friendster killed my cat!

SilverdenStarson — Thu, 16 Oct 2003 13:09:01 GMT

I blame friendster for the premature death of my cat, Mr. Chen.
After hours of exhaustive messaging and late night surfing, I think that Mr. Chen could no longer take the amount of information(and recreation I might add) that was being forced upon him.
So it was, last month at 4:00am, when we had both been writting a message on friendster to a Leather Daddy(named Tim) from Boston, Mr. Chen got up off the desk and left the room. Well, one hour later I got up to go and check on him,and to my horror, Mr. Chen was laying on the floor with his little tounge hanging out the side...That was the last time I ever used Friendster, and to this day I still dont know if Tim, the Leather Daddy, had ever replied!!

posted in friendster sucks - 3 replies

Account suspended for linking to tribe.net

Mon, 13 Oct 2003 22:29:01 GMT

Just got popped today.

Anyone else suffer this fate?

posted in friendster sucks - 9 replies

we have 919 people in this tribe

inga — Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:35:39 GMT

whay arent more people doing this n Oct 31st?

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Friendsters Anonymous

quiplash — Wed, 15 Oct 2003 03:26:32 GMT

The Friendsters Anonymous profile, a Fakester spoof of a twelve-step meeting, was whacked by Abrams and Company today. Gone. Adieu.

Anyways, I did send them a message last week telling them that they needed a backup plan in case this would happen, and that they could always move to tribe.net if they so wished. So we'll see...

--Ryan (tribewhore)

posted in friendster sucks - 5 replies

WAS I THE ONLY ONE...

ReILL — Fri, 10 Oct 2003 15:15:43 GMT

THAT GOT THEIR FRIENDSTER MESSAGES LIKE A DAY OR 2 DAYS LATER??? SHYTE...TALK ABOUT LAGGIN'

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Here's how Friendster Technical Staff Explains the Fuck-ups

muad — Fri, 10 Oct 2003 01:54:39 GMT

posted in friendster sucks - 1 reply

How Friendster Technical Staff Explains the Fuck-ups!!!!!

muad — Fri, 10 Oct 2003 01:56:03 GMT

This is what I got after several of my messages containing the word "tribe.net" did not reach their destinations.
================================================
Our site is currently experiencing technical
difficulties due to high
usage,
primarily issues with database lag. As a result,
you may receive
e-mail
from Friendster notifying you that a friend has
sent you a new message,
but
you may be unable to access the message because
it does not appear in
your
Friendster inbox. You may also experience
problems when trying to
delete
messages from your inbox. In addition, you may
notice that changes you
have
made when editing your profile have not been
saved, photos you have
uploaded
may not be displayed, or you may not be able to
approve/reject/delete
pending friends, testimonials, messages, or
bulletin board posts. Even
though your profile/friends
list/testimonials/photos do not appear to
have
been updated, please be aware that our servers
have saved and stored
this
information. Finally, the e-mail server that
sends out the
verification
code you should receive after creating a new
profile or changing your
e-mail
address on your Friendster account is also
experiencing lag, however it
is
not necessary to verify your e-mail address to
log in to your
Friendster
account. You will still have access to all of
the site's features,
just
click on the "Skip" button when asked to verify
your e-mail address
when you
log in. We are working diligently on these
problems and hope to have
them
corrected soon. Since we opened our beta trial
to the world in March,
Friendster has surged in popularity to quickly
become one of the
busiest
sites on the Internet. This exponential growth
has overloaded our
servers.
We are adding dozens more servers to handle the
tremendous demand for
the
Friendster service. And please note: Friendster
will not be shutting
down
for any period of time. Also, we have no
intention of ever charging
people
to use Friendster's basic features. It will
always be free to join,
invite
friends, communicate with friends, browse
galleries and participate in
message boards. At some point, we may begin to
charge a minimal amount
for
advanced features, which don't exist yet, or
possibly for sending
private
messages to people who are not your friends.
Thank you for your understanding and support.

-the Friendster Staff

posted in friendster sucks - 1 reply

Fakester is Verboten...

quiplash — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 23:27:20 GMT

...by the way, did you know that when you try to post a message on Friendster via the bulletin board feature, that it scans for the word "fakester" and if it finds it, gives you an error message???

I had to retype Fakester as Fakestar tog et it to pass the automatic censor....

So maybe we can lure some of the most rebid Friendsters over to tribe.net with this little appeal, so that when the inevitable happens and we are shut down along with the fakesters, we have a place to repopulate :-) I'm *SO* evil.

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Friendster Whore Tribe.

quiplash — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 23:24:43 GMT

I hit the one million friendster mark!!!

"You are connected to 1,000,097 people in your Personal Network, through 47 friends."

Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo! Wee-hee!
(*Ryan does the happy friendster whore dance*)

To celebrate, I've decided to set up a group to promote and support the many fine keyboard athletes who practice the new sport of Friendster whoring. (Hey, if synchronized swimming can be a Olympic sport, then so can Friendster whoring.)

"Friendster whores - people who simply collect as many people as possible, including Fakesters." (Boyd, Danah. 'Types of Fakesters/Fraudsters', Connected Selves blog, Sept. 1, 2003)

But, of course, if I tried to set it up as a Fakester, it would get shut down. Therefore, Ryan invites all you Friendster whores to join Friendster Whores, a new tribe on Tribe.net You won't be able to post messages to this group until you register, but it's free (and it will very likely STAY free for the forseeable future, unlike Friendster....).

The address is http://friendsterwhore.tribe.net (note whore is singluar, not plural). Once you're in, select the Tribes tag, then Computers and Internet Tribes. Find the Friendster Whores tribe and click the Join button. You're in!!!

Spread the word to your fellow keyboard athletes!

--Ryan.

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Alternatives

jAk — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 23:45:18 GMT

What's the best alternative for friendster? so far i've checked out.. this place, everyone's connected, and the foaf.. anything else out there or which one of these is the best? I'm still actively creating fakesters on friendsters... do i belong here?

posted in friendster sucks - 7 replies

friendster sucks's topics - tribe.net

God, Friendster really does SUCK!!!

Friendster denied my application for a band page for no reason!!!

Friendster is Crap --> My Blog

my freind wont leave freindster help

does it still suck?

Wake Up!

Friendster spam... had to happen sometime...

Friendster Coder Fired

FriendsterMeister has a message fetish...

interview with Jonathan Abrams That I did at SXSW

fu*&*!!k friendster

lol

it always says i have new messages

BUGS, WORMS, TROGANS!

I love this tribe!

Ruthless Review

Gallery Search

So like, does Friendster suck, or what???!!!

All messages sent to a Black Hole, apparently

Google Releases Orkut Social Networking Service

YAY

I knew this Tribe had to exist

messages?

anyone on orkut yet?

friendster nominated for a webby award

Invalid user error

Tribe Vs Friendster.

zefrank video - friendster rant

stuck Friendsters fear change

Orkut is becoming another friendster (performance wise)

you have got to be kidding me!

Google plans to integrate Orkut with its search engine

what's friendster?

New changes @ Friendster that we don't want

Friendster sucks

TRIBENET SUCKS MORE!!!

poitics on F-ster?

Talk to a F-ster employee!

rumors?

Will you guys be my friend?

Sooooooooo sloooooow........

Now Pics have to Be APPROVED!!!

Why oh why?!?

PAGING ROY BATTY

It sucks, but does Friendster blow too?

Friendster bug..

Friendster Rocks!

friendster touch worse

Fucking loggin in!

Ignore Previous Message

Why I joined

Ya can't say FUCK & COCK on Friendster

hatester.org

Just got kicked off friendster (for the first time)

&lt;Report User>

Jon munch my butt!

it's my gole

silly fakesters!

Friendster Statistics

For All of You Still On Friendster....

Hating friendster is soooooooo five minutes ago....

So I'm not supposed to use IE

"Friendster" Article in Wired Magazine

I think I'm lost in here!

WHOA.

(un)dead celebs

What's wrong with Friendster?

i have a plan

Heeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyy!

I did it!!!

Investors snub Friendster in patent grab

okay we all need to think about this for a minute

How I used Friendster tonight

can tribe take the load?

Friendster spurns Google offer...

Yafro!

how to do it

i left freindster

tribe not as superficial

fu&!!k friendster

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