Friendster



=Friendster=

toc Friendster is an online community on the World Wide Web that allows users to connect to one another through friends for making new friend. It is free and people can join and create account profiles. There are more than 20 million people world wide who signed up. Some features include:
 * sending and receiving messages
 * a search engine
 * uploading/sharing/commenting photos
 * make your own blog
 * customize your own page for viewers to see
 * posting a shout
 * posting on the bulletin board that is connected to all your friends
 * add audio and video like music videos
 * send and recieve testimonials
 * birthday reminders
 * who is online
 * post reviews
 * find out who has viewed you
 * find out who has grabbed your picture
 * you can see connection web between friends

It is always updating and adding new features and improving the functions and layout as time goes by. On the top of the main page, there are tabs which are the other main pages within Friendster where the users will surf within. It is based on the "Circle of Friends technique" for connecting users to others in the virtual community. You can view your direct friends (1st degree) and view your friend's friends (second degree) and meet people from all around your city.

=Synopsis=

Every user that signs up for the friendster service creates an identity by filling out a profile questionaire which is then integrated with their personal picture and other features of which they have chosen to reveal about themselves. In order to add a friend, a user must send an "invite" to another user which in turn must accept and acknowledge that they are friends. As a result, this user is now a member of the other user's circle of friends. Therefore, you're always meeting a friend of a friend and not a random stranger. In 2005, Friendster launched the "Who's Viewed Me" feature, which allows users to see who has viewd their profile. However, some users found this feature uncomfortable. In response to that Freindster permitting users to turn off the "Who's Viewed Me" feature and browse anonymously.

Friendster is very safe to use. If there are people that you do not wish for them to view your profile, you can block them from viewing your profile. If anyone is disturbing you, you can report it to Friendster and they will investigate the situation. It is hard for others to log into your account without your email address and password.

Friendster has a lot of functions and all of them add utility to the entire program. It is a public space for the users to share their interests with their friends. It is customizable for each individual. Uploading a photo is not mandatory but there is a huge storage space which the user can load up to 50 photos. There are optional fields which some user can decide to input (ex. Favourite music). The main point of this service is to provide everyone with an individual space and Friendster contintues to improve and add more functions.

=Looking for a Career at Friendster?=

== The following positions are open:

Senior Web Developer Senior MySQL Database Administrator Sales - Account Executive (NY & LA) If interested please send a resume to jobs@friendster.com.
 * needs experience in developing in PHP and MySQL on Linux or a commercial website
 * requires a B.S. in computer science or computer engineering
 * atleast 6 years experience in web development
 * needs production internet experience in supporting a high volume commercial website
 * atleast 7 years or more of previous experience
 * needs to be available for paging 24/7 incase of emergencies
 * atleast 2-3 years experience of internet advising
 * a B.A.
 * and needs to be able to sell solution based advertising packages

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=Works Cited=

Friendster Image Courtesy of www.friendster.com "Friendster" Feb 25. 2006 < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendster> "Looking for a cool job?" Feb 26.2006 < www.friendster.com/jobs/index.php >