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I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it

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Re: I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it

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Post by sikozu »

TZubiri wrote: post #92

Probably being pedantic, but this is not buying Friendster to be precise, usually what is meant by that is that the company was bought. In this case the domain Friendster.com was bought, and a trademark was conceded (a new different trademark), I don't know precisely the implications of the trademark though, I think it's a different trademark and you still cannot imply that you are a continuation of the previous trad…

I think the distinction is warranted.

Honestly if the prior Friendster company itself was bought - including all the assets, codebase and historical documents (no user details) that would've been such an incredibly interesting read.

Buying the domain and getting the trademark is still cool, just not as cool.

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

echoangle wrote: post #86
trueno wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yea the moment 1bn was on the table id quickly think about how not-necessary social media is for humanity and id take the check and peace out like tom from myspace & proceed to drink liquor out of coconuts on a beach somewhere. though id have the utmost respect for someone who could hold onto the possibility to threaten the facebook/instagram/snapchat moat, realistically i don't think anyone in here could stick to th…

I think the point was that it should be unsellable. If it’s federated, how are you able to sell it? Then, it could be trusted.

> If it’s federated, how are you able to sell it?

The domain would dominate sign-up flows.

Re: I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it

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Post by alex1138 »

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS wrote: post #108
alwa wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t post on Facebook—HN is my closest analogue. But I assure you my partner(s) have no interest in seeing whatever I post here. Any more than I want to be in the thick of the extended-family group chats. Or, frankly, Facebook. In that sense, maybe this is Facebook doing its part for domestic harmony…

I think the point was two people can be the absolute closest of friends, and Facebook will still fail to show them relevant posts.

It sure justifies the creepy People You May Know though, doesn't it? Which apparently outs sex workers and whatever else

If you're going to move fast and break things and connect the world full steam ahead (and damn the consequences like what happened in Myanmar) your platform better be absolutely rock solid but Facebook doesn't even do that. Its implementation of 'connection' is laughable

Re: I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

s0a wrote: post #85
axoltl wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The central point of this app is to determine proximity of two devices. That's not possible today in a cross-platform way using web apps.

PWA has access to bluetooth (BLE on all platforms) and NFC on Android

> PWA has access to bluetooth (BLE on all platforms) and NFC on Android

This (EDIT: this app) is iOS only right now. And I hate the normalisation of giving websites access to Bluetooth and NFC.

Re: I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it

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Post by martin-t »

theogravity wrote: post #105

When you're building a social networking site like this, when do you need to start to worry about laws from different states and countries (eg age bans, data export, etc)?

As a guy who used to run game servers[0] and some other small-web stuff, I hate that this is one of the first questions that springs to mind today, but I'd also like to know.

[0]: in ancient times when server meant an actual server

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Post by 1970-01-01 »

vidarh wrote: post #61

> Friendster was the first social network Friendster was not the first social network. sixdegrees.com had it beat by 5 years.

AOL has them beat by another 5. You need to go back to ARPA to find the first one. Social networks are just networks with humans at each end.

Re: I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

breezywheezy wrote: post #41

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> $20k dollars in bitcoin (I can’t say how much bitcoin that is because it fluctuates too much to be a stable currency), to buy a dead domain that makes $9k a year in at revenue

That's...a good deal? Assuming even 50% margins, that's a solid yield.

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Post by segmondy »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #46
readitalready wrote: post #33

I really wish more social networks would have a "fading connections" limit. So many social networks suffer from stale connections and networks, and these connections should expire after a year. Otherwise, it will permanently define a social network's content and editorial direction without algorithmic control. For example, Selena Gomez will always have 400million followers on Instagram, but she's socially irrelevant…

I feel like that was what made Google Plus better and yet because it was Google shoving everything into Google Plus itself to force numbers… it failed. Circles in Google Plus is the most underrated thing I have ever seen. You can basically group friends under specific labels, so if you want to only share some posts / photos with family, only family will see it, wanna share posts with former and current coworkers? Hav…

Facebook has that feature and has for many years. That is a good idea, but there are many bad ideas that negate the good ideas even when the good ones are implemented.

Re: I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it

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Post by apsurd »

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS wrote: post #110
apsurd wrote: post #97

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i think you're talking about trending vs popular. The signals are working as intended. More people will know Kim K than Sweeney because Kim K is more popular and has had more time to be more popular. why am i talking about kim k on hn lol

Everything I learned about the Kardashians has been learned against my will.

haha yeah it makes her so obviously more popular and thus her follower count more "accurate". The parent's point is just hard to hold.

Pretty sure she founded or runs skims? She's Armenian, daughter of a famous lawyer in LA. Kanye. Sex tape. Early with the reality tv. I too did not seek out any of this knowledge!

Most just be a generational thing. Sweeney is still baking. She's actress from euphoria of which i didn't watch. That's about as much as i know. and the jeans ad controversy.

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