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Friendster

2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 30, 2024 by Reid Hoffman · across every show →

Everything said about Friendster, oldest first

Jul 30, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Hoffman: Friendster drove profile photo uploads using gray question mark placeholders
“One of the clever things that Friendster created, for those who don't know what the heck I'm talking about, this is way pre-Facebook. It's even pre-MySpace. Part of what it did to get people to put in a picture was it put a little gray question mark.”
Reid Hoffman Jul 30, 2024 ▶ 13:38 Reid Hoffman & Roon Co-founders: How can AI enhance medical support? | Masters of Scale
Jul 2, 2026 neutral
Disclosure
Pincus and Hoffman invested in Friendster without expecting it to succeed
“I remember when we both wrote Checks for Friendster, it was not because we thought it had any chance. We just were like, this is an experiment that needs to happen, because this is important for the consumer internet.”
Mark Pincus Jul 2, 2026 ▶ 13:56 Mark Pincus unpacks his "Proven, Better, New" framework (with Reid Hoffman) | Masters of Scale
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