Friendster was one of the first social networks when it launched in 2002, preceding MySpace, LinkedIn and Facebook.
FriendProject is most often compared to the old version of Myspace, which had been the most popular social networking site before the rise of Facebook.
Although social medias rise has been sudden — Facebook is a little more than eight years old and Twitter just six — it didnt occur in a vacuum. Before Facebook and Twitter, before MySpace and Friendster, there were Usenet newsgroups, AOL chat rooms and online bulletin boards.