Friendster
So, I joined Friendster out of curiosity when a friend told me he saw a hot chick there. I joined initially because I can't see the chicks' picture until I joined (ok, did I say I'm "cu-ri-ous"), but then I started looking around to see what it has to offer. For those who didn't know, Friendster is a virtual community gears toward helping people finding date and love on-line.
Some commentary here.
The idea is if you're looking for a date/love interest, your friends are a good resource to tap into since they have other friends. If there is a virtual community that link all the people you know via all your buddies, they can help screen a potential date/love interest for you, and your chance of finding someone great is increased (instead of looking for stranger on ICQ/MSN). So, even if you're already in a relationship, it doesn't mean you have no reason to join, you can be there to "help out" other friends.
Friendster provides an environment that one can see all people in a so called "personal network", basically bunch of Friendster users you sort of "know" because of a mature link between you and this person through your/his/her buddies. You can send message to the person to ask to befriend w/ him/her, or ask your friend to "introduce" you; Basically, a virtual "matching" environment.
Sounds convincing? I am not sure how well it actually works. Ok, I do not have statistics to support my point. It just from my observation on how people interact there. It looks to me that many joined as a cluster of friends, they remain closely together. Friendster becomes another ICQ/MSN that people gather. Yes, you can search for new friends more easily (not just a stranger in ICQ/MSN, which is the selling point of Friendster). But how many of them are actually making new friends out of their personal network?
One thing to note after checking out my personal network is that the world is indeed a small place. Your social circle seem to be greatly determined by your culture, heritage, and background. I have seen person that link to me via 2 entirely difference friends which are not related. It is interesting to see this as an evident that how our society is knit together in a mesh of social networks and cluster of people.
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(Last updated 20/09/09)
Some commentary here.
The idea is if you're looking for a date/love interest, your friends are a good resource to tap into since they have other friends. If there is a virtual community that link all the people you know via all your buddies, they can help screen a potential date/love interest for you, and your chance of finding someone great is increased (instead of looking for stranger on ICQ/MSN). So, even if you're already in a relationship, it doesn't mean you have no reason to join, you can be there to "help out" other friends.
Friendster provides an environment that one can see all people in a so called "personal network", basically bunch of Friendster users you sort of "know" because of a mature link between you and this person through your/his/her buddies. You can send message to the person to ask to befriend w/ him/her, or ask your friend to "introduce" you; Basically, a virtual "matching" environment.
Sounds convincing? I am not sure how well it actually works. Ok, I do not have statistics to support my point. It just from my observation on how people interact there. It looks to me that many joined as a cluster of friends, they remain closely together. Friendster becomes another ICQ/MSN that people gather. Yes, you can search for new friends more easily (not just a stranger in ICQ/MSN, which is the selling point of Friendster). But how many of them are actually making new friends out of their personal network?
One thing to note after checking out my personal network is that the world is indeed a small place. Your social circle seem to be greatly determined by your culture, heritage, and background. I have seen person that link to me via 2 entirely difference friends which are not related. It is interesting to see this as an evident that how our society is knit together in a mesh of social networks and cluster of people.
tags to del.icio.us: friendster, social network, web2.0
tags to Technorati: friendster, social network, web2.0
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