Filipinos: Screw Multiply, Use Friendster
While bottom-tier social network Multiply stepped into deep shit by partnering with ABS-CBN, OpenSocial-enabled Friendster is expanding its Philippine office. Friendster serves 10.7 million Filipinos — and despite their history of technical glitches and patent trolling, I like the way they show how people are connected. They’re smart enough to use OpenSocial, they didn’t lure [...]Filipinos: Screw Multiply, Use Friendster
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Friendster is a social site made primarily for meeting and making new friends.
Multiply, on the other hand is a site primarily for keeping in touch with people you already know.
So I don’t see any point for comparison. They are two different sites for two different purposes. I personally use both but I tend to favor Multiply over Friendster as it’s easier to use for sharing my stuff.
I just don’t see any point in making the comparison. Why not let the people use whichever they’re comfortable with?
Just my two cents. =)
Multiply has to take the cake for me. Their staff blog is often updated at least once a week. Previously I had used Y!360, now officially abandoned by Yahoo!, and they would go three months at a time with no entry. Multiply, if nothing else, exceeds other sites at staff attention. I’ve personally communicated with a few staff members, and the CEO, through their personal accounts on Multiply. That sealed the deal for me… execs you can talk to!
On a side note, there is a small minority of (disgruntled) folks at Multiply hailing this blog — the only anti-Multiply blog, apparently — as practically scripture.
This poses the question, “Why don’t they take your advice and flee to Friendster?“
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I know! Funny how they keep bashing Multiply on Multiply. 8-}
Whackos. :p
The only reason Friendster’s reached 10.7Million “Filipinos” is because users create “multiple accounts”.
I like Mulitiply in terms of being creative with expressing the stuff you want to show. Friendster is still cluttered up in terms of presentation.