PTI / Bangalore Jan 19, 2012, 15:15 IST Youngsters in urban India have started experiencing social media fatigue, logging on less frequently to social networks

PTI Youngsters in urban India have started experiencing social media fatigue, logging on less frequently to social networks like Facebook, Google+, Twitter,

Social networks come and go. When was the last time you checked your MySpace account? Do you even remember Friendster? But after nearly eight years, Facebook

The phrase “six degrees of separation” became synonymous with social media back when Friendster was cool, but now it turns out that people are

Social networking began as a personal communication tool. Friendster, MySpace and Facebook were all about friendships and dating. Today of course, social media

That kind of intranetwork connecting follows most closely what we think of in terms of social media today: following people with a degree or two of separation.

By ARAcontent In the past seven years, social media has expanded like wildfire in the United States and across the world. Currently there are more than 750

From the launch of Friendster in 2002, which pioneered the online connection of real-world friends – to MySpace, which embodied the essence of the early

"A lot of people are out there saying that Gplus is going to make Twitter into Myspace, Facebook into Friendster, but the people I really see using it are

The announcement and limited invitation to the new Google+ social network last week not only whipped up a frenzy of anticipation, but marked the first salvo in

MySpace isn't the only once-dominant social media site trying to reinvent itself. Remember Friendster? Friendster's CEO sent a "personal message" to the

Social media analyst and Friendster member Azeem Azhar said: "First isn't always best. "Friendster had very early success but before it got a chance to cement

Did social-networking pioneer Friendster peak too early? No, it just didn't understand what makes social media social. By Peter Pachal Ever since the news

I'm really sorry about that, Friendster, because back in the old days when Facebook was still for those whippersnappers in college, Friendster was the social

The social media site, launched in 2002, was one of the first, but now it is set to become a distant memory as the company is shifting focus. According to a

Friendster is finally raising the white flag in the social networking game after years of being out-muscled by the likes of Facebook and Twitter. A pioneer of

Today he is Chief Executive of Peer Index, a technology company analysing social media. "First isn't always best," he said. "Friendster got some very early

The site that started social networking folds due to lack of popularity. Nine years after blazing an internet trail, it’s all over for Friendster. Back

Friendster reveals plans to delete large portions of user data on May 31, 2011, to pave the way for a coFriendster reveals plans to delete large portions of

... with but instead will complement Facebook," ZDNet Asia quoted Bangah as saying. A preview of what the site may have in mind may be the announcement last