First topic message reminder :

This thread serves as a petition for the app deletion problem.
Say here anything you want to say to friendster.(may it be a rant, a thank you or just a feedback) (the longer, the effective).

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Here's mine (a feedback) :

Friendster is nice "yes", but not that nice as the other sites like facebook, multiply, plurk (yeah truth hurts). but they do have something that others doesnt have "ANYMORE". Profile customization.

on Profile Customization, Friendster is on rank 1, multiply on rank 2, facebook on 3(having the lowest).

BUT, if our ways of customizing the profiles on friendster is gone, id say

Multiply will be on 1st place
Facebook will be 2nd
thus friendster on the last place. why? double the number of friendster users = that's the number of facebook users around the globe.

So yea, why friendster is deleting our apps? because of security.
They sacrifice usability over security.

a lot of "professional" web bloggers i have talked to said that friendster is much more like their own personal blogs which can they customize the way they want thus preferring it more than any other social networking site. true? i think so.

but what friendster is doing?

friendster killed almost all of the friendster layout sites, friendster customization sites. all just because of security. i think that's their biggest mistake. well look at the web now, almost all users are switching to facebook. well yea friendster has the same (not so) features of facebook but i must say that it's kinda bit obvious that friendster is just trailing what facebook is doing. (apps, chat, even the developer platform of facebook is the same as here ). i dont think that would appeal to the masses.

Another reason of why friendster is doing these are the ads.
Friendster is a free site, anyone can use it without charges(unlike multiply that offers a premium account with a whopping price). So for that reason, what is the thing that keeps friendster alive? ....... ads. yes there are ads all over the site. (all of the pages) i actually once mistaken friendster to an ad site putting that aside, are their ads really enough to monetize the whole company? i dont think so.

Here's what i think that they may do to atleast have a change and also appeal to the masses.

1. Remove the ads.

Yes i think this will break their back at first but my second suggestion is needed for this.

2. Paid Accounts.

Yes why not? Many users will and would pay just for their profiles to bloom and to have more storage AND GET RID OF THE ADS ON THEIR PROFILES.

3. Developer - User relationship.

Developers on friendster must consult friendster users also on their updates. they never done it eversince have they? not knowing that this is one of the important things around.

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Above all, i dont think friendster sucks but about what's going around now, i think it will soon suck.

Competing with other big companies, they should do something different. something the other companies doesnt have.


May this thread be an inspiration to others like me. Do not stay silent. Write here and let your words be heard.

Good luck to us. :)

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This thread is a serious discussion, replies like "i agree, that's right, and the like are treated as spam and may be deleted.

I would send this link to a person i know on friendster after it reached 200 testimonials. Please write your own opinions here.

Posts may include answers to these questions :

Are you satisfied with friendster?
What's the things that keeps you with it?
Are you not satisfied with friendster? if so, why?
What is the thing that you dont like about friendster's doings?
What do you think friendster might do to get users better?
Will you leave friendster if it stays like this?

something like that. you can be creative on your post. or just post a rant about them. :)

i larb friendster .
but sometimes i don't .
coz it irritates me wen they filter the codes && i have to start again .
i think friendster is not that friendly (:

Are you satisfied with friendster?
: nope. im hating it right now.

What's the things that keeps you with it?
: everything. my friends far far away .

Are you not satisfied with friendster? if so, why?
: yea. so much unsatisfied. pinagtyagaan kong hulaan ang lock code. tapos after 3 days nawala. haaai ewaan.

What is the thing that you dont like about friendster's doings?
: apps deletion.

What do you think friendster might do to get users better?
: they shouldn't delete apps and thay should ask for comments and suggestions from the members time to time.

Will you leave friendster if it stays like this?
: yes. mag do-DOTA nlng akoo.

plzz get back the hcg apps n friendster....
because without hcg apps...
friendster is to suckssss...

friendster huh.......... i hate thos muthafuckoos!!!

good day,
anyway its not good

friendster wreck again
my profile

well thank you
my best friend friendster


to HCG team

thanks a lot for the effort
even though
many users of the APPS
keep on complaining

thanks alot,

you give color to my life :D

yeah
pang famas :D

its all because of FRiENDSTER's PRiDE.!! whhew!

suggestion ko

mag bgo na sana ang friendster team!!

de na sana nila e delete ang app

yes i lab friendster.. because..
i can socialize with other ppl..

will i stay with friendster?
NO..
because.. if it will happen all the time..
FRIENDSTER SUCKS..

fs really sucks ryt now... everytym i check it all i do is fix my profile over and over again... kya nga i gived up eh... d truth is i use more my facebook na coz itz more fun and der r so many thing u cn do there... but i still use my fs coz of friends and family whos uses more fs... but if all of dem had facebook i would really leave friendster nd use juz my facebook... nd d only thing dat i love now in fs is dat i cn customize my profile d way i like it pero i hate it bcuz once i fix it it only lasts lyk for dayz or d longest is few weeks but d sure thing is it never lasted for a month those codes... well d HCG team is doing their best for all d fs members but friendster keep on ruining it.... grrrrrrr i'm sick of this thing fixing my profile again and again... kya plz fs stop FILTERING THE CODES AND DELETING THE APPS!!! coz if u dont FS WILL JUZ SUCK BIGTYM!!!

I really get bored with friendster since they started filtering codes more often than before. It really sucked updating codes again and again. People aren't always online 24/7. So they get tired getting new codes, making them sick of friendster's system. If they'll continue doing these things, I'd rather stick to multiply and facebook.

The ads are okay. Not all people can pay for their accounts. But others can. That's where Developer - User Relationship interferes. It can be a plus point if the developers overlook and seek for their users. Just like here, administrators and users develop relationships, which helps make users engage themselves better with the forum.

Friendster should also try other tricks to appeal to masses, rather than copying to other social networking sites. Stuffs that are new to taste and trend can attract more people and make their friendster experience more exciting. Trailing apps from others makes the fs community nothing more than just other websites. It doesn't make friendster friendster itself.

`friendster is cool and I hate those thingy that they delete d' app that kuya daryll made for us.

Quote :

Di ba naisip ng FRIENDSTER na natutulungan sila ng HCG sa pagpapaganda ng site nila?

THEY SUCK. :)


I wish that they would learn the right for their site.
Madami pa naman silang members na active.

friendster filtering the codes
from time-to-time
really pissses me off..
like duh!!
why do they keep doing that.
what hcg is doing
is also for the betterment of their
most precious site..
what's bad about hiding boxes
its the users own will..
and the fs team should be happy
about that because
te profiles of their users have designs.
and style.

I think tama lang naman for them to delete apps. pero not for not editing our pages. masyado silang umaasa sa mga ads nilang wala namang halos pumipintod.

If they want to have money for their company, why not gayahin nila ung Multiply? Or they should just create a script na kahit anung edit natin hindi matatangal ung kaingat ingatan nilang ads, db?

Otherwise, kaya lang naman ako nag fe-friendster dahil sa hcg. Kung tutuusin mas active na nga ako dito kesa Friendster. If friendster doesn't want to be ranked the lowest then they shouldn't continue this mess.

i love you hcg! :) sana maging legal na para hinde na ifilter ng friendster! :) kung may pera lang ako magdodonate ako eh kaso ala sensya na pu! :) kiss nlng sa lahat mwah! tsup! ehehe!



FRIENDSTER PLS! allow hcg to be your partner in developing your site! :)

Are you satisfied with friendster?
Ü yes.sometimes.i only have one because my cousin told me to.

What's the things that keeps you with it?
Ü my cousin whose miles away from us.

Are you not satisfied with friendster? if so, why?
Ü i am. a little.

What is the thing that you dont like about friendster's doings?
Ü Everytime they delete the apps that I was using. Sometimes, err..most of the toimes it doesn't work. I think friendster should bear with people because without us users friendster is just another socila networking site. that'll close soon.:))

What do you think friendster might do to get users better?
Ü They should hear what the members or users opinions, after all, it was for us, not for them.

Will you leave friendster if it stays like this?
Guess so. My friends are on facebook.xDD and my cousin finally agreed to make one.xDD

i will never get tired of waiting HCG. ^^

friendster has no consideration...

bahala na si lord

*feedback/rant/thank/suggestion :]*

Friendster shouldn't FiLTER HCG apps.
as an HCG user and member,
HCG apps. is very important and usable
for my profile. It has more benefits
than other website w/c is also
featuring FRiENDSTER LAYOUT CUSTOMiZiNG..

And for me as a friendster member,
I want my profile/layout to be more
fashionable with the help of
HCG app.[sets] ..

[my friendster profile
SUCKS w/o HCG app!!! ]

i love friendster..
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___;->before...

i always customize my profile before...
but they always filter the application,
thats why i always update my profile..so tiring!
i know they do it(friendster) for us..
but they do not know what we want...


if it happens(filtering) everytime, as in always..
i would not rather to find other new socio-network site..

[b]a'us ah..

it's ok to wait..
it doesn't matter to me how long.
but matters most is how creative would it be?
right?

yeah yeah.

i agree

owyea XD