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Friendster is a social network founded in 2002 and launched in 2003, with over 115 million users in Asia. It was one of the first online social networks, but declined in popularity and shut down in 2015, and was reactivated in 2023.
Jonathan Abrams is a Canadian engineer, entrepreneur, and investor. He is best known as the founder of Friendster, an early social network that was sold to Facebook in 2010.
SixDegrees.com was a web site that allowed users to list and contact their friends and acquaintances based on the six degrees of separation concept. It was one of the first social networking sites, but it shut down in 2000 after being bought by YouthStream Media Networks.
Sean Parker is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist who co-founded Napster, a file-sharing service that revolutionized the music industry. He also co-founded Plaxo, Causes, Airtime, and Brigade, and was the first president of Facebook, where he invested in its early stages and helped it grow.
Myspace is a social networking service launched in 2003 and acquired by News Corporation in 2005. It was the most popular site of its kind until 2009, when it was surpassed by Facebook, and has since declined in popularity and functionality.
Tom Anderson is an American technology entrepreneur and co-founder of the social networking website Myspace, which he founded in 2003 with Chris DeWolfe. He was later president of Myspace and a strategic adviser for the company, and is popularly known as "Tom from Myspace".
Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.) is a technology company that has acquired 91 other companies, including WhatsApp and Oculus VR. See the list of mergers and acquisitions by Meta Platforms, their acquisition dates, prices, and related products or services.
Andrew Conru is an American internet businessman who founded several online dating and social networking sites, including FriendFinder and Adult FriendFinder. He is the CEO of FriendFinder Networks Inc., which emerged from bankruptcy in 2013.