friendster?

[tipsy88]

Has anyone used friendster? This site has been exploding in popularity. Just wondering if people have tried it and actually found other people to do stuff with.

[SmilesSoSweet]

I'm on friendster, but I don't really get the whole purpose of it. I haven't really bothered to look for other people on there. I'm just using it to keep in touch with some friends I haven't talked to or seen in awhile.

[tipsy88]

Well i guess it's like any other online match thing, although this one isn't specially aimed at dating, in fact I think it's just a place for people to find other people through their existing friends. I think ideally what is suppose to happen is you have a friend who has another friend that enjoys the same things you do and so forth or whatever. I dunno, after college its hard to meet anyone, even just friends!

[pisces2473]

Amen to that!

[collegedazed]

Ugh, there is no way I would use that service. I just graduated from college, and I don't have any friends anymore. I think I found one personals type service that is just for making friends, but it wasn't anything I considered decent. I am really surprised that nobody has created such a web service just for people who are mostly looking for friends.

[klo1335]

have you tried http://www.craigslist.org Its a free posting site that has everything from personals to apartments to furniture. You can specify it to your city. I have used the one in Philly but have heard the one in NY is really good. It will come up saying San Francisco Bay area but you can see the other cities listed on the side.

[tipsy88]

I am really surprised that nobody has created such a web service just for people who are mostly looking for friends.

umm i think that was the main point of friendster.

[winneythepooh7]

I'm on friendster.com. I need to update my pic though. It's from awhile back when I had really long hair. My hair is short now. Can't wait to grow it long again. Anyone who actively uses this site, PM me and I will send you my info. 6 degrees of seperation......

[kimmer23]

i checked out friendster, but all the people that come up as matches around baltimore are WEIRDOS!! no one seems normal! no one seems like they want to meet either. they all just seem like they enjoy having "online friends."

[winneythepooh7]

Originally posted by kimmer23
i checked out friendster, but all the people that come up as matches around baltimore are WEIRDOS!! no one seems normal! no one seems like they want to meet either. they all just seem like they enjoy having "online friends."

Hi Kimmer. Have you tried searching under similar interests/schools/etc.? It helps to narrow it down a bit.

[kimmer23]

it was the interests that got me all the weirdos! haha! and even the results didnt have the same interests. it was strange. i didnt want similar schools because we still might not have anything in common. i was just really looking for some girls with boyfriends/husbands and we could hang out as couples. i really have enough single friends and would like some more "couple friends." but i guess that is too much to ask for! hehe!

[Skyblade]

I'm on friendster and I find it funny to see some people from my high school and just how much they've changed or how little they've changed. Mainly its a source of entertainment to me. Its also really weird to see how people are connected. Like some people are connected through 2 of my friends who have no connection to eachother except me. Weirdness.

[LyraDora]

i'm on friendster, but i have never met up with any new people. It's fun to check out what people who i went to grade school with or college with are doing. I have actually reconnected with friends that I hadn't talked to in ages. I should try to make new friends through it, since I just moved. But I probably won't.

[joneshen]

I'm on friendster too. My buddies are mostly friends from college. There are also non-human buddies too, things that you want to affiliate yourself with, like a certain town or a certain college. I haven't met any new people on friendster either, but I did manage to track down a buddy or two I haven't seen in a while.

[dietzy]

I signed up for Friendster about 6-8 months ago and didn't find it to be very beneficial. I liked the premise of being able to network with a friend's friend's friend, but I just didn't see that webbing actually taking place for me. I even sent out an email message to pretty much everyone that I knew about friendster in the hopes that would get the ball rolling. Maybe things have changed since I was last there and I should check it out again.

Can you actually search the site for people? I don't recall being able to do this before.

I have used Monster.com's networking tool and have found it to be pretty good. You figure they already have a HUGE database of people that have their resumes on there and the search functions are pretty decent.

[wordsmith]

It seems like everybody on friendster uses it the same way I do, which is create a profile, have some people add you, add them, and then proceed to not visit the site for months at a time. It's like, okay...what now? Getting the ball rolling on utilizing the network seems to be the issue.

[kimmer23]

i think that is how is it wordsmith...i agree. what is the point of having a site to make friends, when no one ever checks back to their profile or no one ever meets in person? i have enough online buddies... all the people on there seem kinda odd too. like someone will put "eating ice cubes" as their hobby or something else stupid. i found a girl that actually lives maybe a mile away from me, but she seemed like a total psycho!

[libscigrl]

I did the same thing w/ Friendster--discovered it, became addicted for about half a second, then got bored with it.

But then I heard about Tribe.net somewhere here on QLC and have loved it ever since. If you don't know a lot of ppl that are also into these online communities, you still have the "tribes" to keep you interested. The tribes are basically groups associated w/ nearly every possible interest--tv shows, politics, hobbies, places & geographic areas, religions, schools/colleges, professions, habits, music, etc. The tribes have discussion boards and links to the profiles of those who've joined the tribe, where you can check out what tribes others are members of and join them, etc. There doesn't seem to be a QLC tribe, but maybe we could start one.

Another site that I like is Orkut.com, which also has groups, called communities instead of tribes on this one.

Who else around here is on Tribe?

[cazort]

I like the idea of Friendster but half the time I go to use it, there are some features of the site that are broken. The "gallery" only works half the time, often my testimonials are not visible, sometimes mail doesn't go through.

Since I'm a computer guy and I design websites like this (although not the same size and complexity) I have a pretty low tolerance for that.

Dating sites like okcupid.com are starting to implement a "friend network" like on friendster, and these sites work better anyway, and are free, so I don't really see much of a point to using a site like friendster. It's a neat idea--but everyone is doing it, and they're not doing a very good job.

[Dutch2211]

i belong to friendster and think it's a good idea...yay!

[u2placebo]

I'm also on Friendster. I joined last year b/c one of my friends asked me to. Then I never touched it again. Then last week another of my friends asked me to add them, so now I officially have 2 friends linked to me. Sadly anyone I ask to join doesn't. I haven't met anyone on there either.

I've actually met people through LiveJournal, since along with your own journal, there are community sites based on your interests. That was helpful in finding other people interested in artificial intelligence, for example, since I didn't think that would be a great conversation starter if I happened to meet someone new. :-)

[LostInGhent]

If you guys are unhappy with Friendster then try Myspace.com

This is a much better place..It is essentially the same as Friendster, but I think a lot better. I did only know people from high school and college for a while on there, but you can just search people and talk to them randomly, which is weird at first, but everyone does it. I had random people want to talk all the time, and I have made some pretty good friends that provide good conversation from all over Europe.

Anyway, it has a lot of phonies and idiots on there who are obnoxious, but there are a lot of geniune and very, very interesting people on there you can meet including lots of bands and artists.

go to my www link to check it out or look for Lost In Ghent

Yeah, now that I got my ass dumped I'm a loser...

Mike

[joneshen]

Yeah, I get more hits from random people on Myspace than on friendster. (If you want to join my list, PM me.)

[inqlc]

i like it...it's a good way to keep in touch with some old friends... that is if they're into that sort of thing.

i like the fact that it's limited to networks...i'm personally not looking into making any new friends, so it works for me.

the site itself can be a bit frustrating though...the photos don't always load up, so you can't always check out all of your friend's friends to see if you know anyone! i think it's more of a problem at night when more people are on it.