MetaFilter posts tagged with friendster and socialnetworking

Won't You Be My Virtual Neighbor?

amyms — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:06:44 -0800

Virtual Friendship and the New Narcissism. Examining the social rules and norms, as well as the pitfalls, of electronic "friending" (yes, it's a verb now - or is it a gerund?). Via.

Friendster : Wallflower at the Web Party

Afroblanco — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:45:12 -0800

Friendster : Wallflower at the Web Party via

If you can't beat 'em sue 'em.

delmoi — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:40:19 -0800

Friendster awarded patent on social networking.

Tag me as

NickDouglas — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 07:35:46 -0800

Rebirth of the Semantic Web. On the heels of the Technorati taggregator, the Oddiophile bookmarklet, the tag search (new today!) and much ensuing buzz, Jeff Jarvis brings up people tagging. This concept drove Friendster and FOAF, both of which petered out. But with Technorati's elegant synthesis of photo, link, and post tagging, the web may once again tap into networked individualism.