Wallflower at the Web Party (2006)

A couple threads from long ago. Others?

The Friendster Story (2006) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3032529 - Sept 2011 (7 comments)

Why Did Friendster Fail? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18674 - May 2007 (9 comments)

Ha, I thought Friendster was gonna be around forever! It's eye-opening that something so successful could be sunk by a combination of such mundane mistakes. For many years there was a Friendster graveyard of countless profiles no longer being updated. Half a decade after its demise, when it was a distant memory, I actually found a use for it! Someone wanted me to go on a blind date and I really wasn't excited about the idea, but they told me her name and when I found her profile on Friendster I reconsidered. :)