Sep 25, 2007
Screw You, Friendster
So, I get that ad-driven services have a legitimate business need to drive traffic to their site. Every time I don't click through to www.friendster.com, they've lost a chance to put an ad on the screen that I'll completely ignore except to the extent that it makes the page load more slowly.
But.
I just got a "Friendster Birthday Alert" letting me know that I have a friend with a birthday coming up. It says, "Kate's birthday is almost here!" And then there's a button labeled, "See When."
"See When"? Are you kidding me? Just freaking tell me, Ass-ster.
But.
I just got a "Friendster Birthday Alert" letting me know that I have a friend with a birthday coming up. It says, "Kate's birthday is almost here!" And then there's a button labeled, "See When."
"See When"? Are you kidding me? Just freaking tell me, Ass-ster.
I hate that, too. It seems like it only happens every couple friend birthdays, right? Also, it wasn’t an option when Friendster first started, only in the last two years or so have those started.
People still use friendster?
Stanley makes a good point. The sum total of my interaction with Friendster now consists of deleting unwanted email from them.