https://tomhickerson.com/en/tags/startup/Recent content in startup on Tom Hickerson's SiteHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usCopyright 2023-2026Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2006/2006-10-20-friendster-failure-boo-hoo-hoo/Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2006/2006-10-20-friendster-failure-boo-hoo-hoo/Signal vs. Noise posted some of the highlights from a recent article about Friendster and how it snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. After turning down a $30 million bid by Google, Friendster founder Abrams took on outside VC investment and only now, only now, does the article say it has its performance problems licked. I remembered hearing this tune before, and sure enough, Philip Greenspun ran a usability analysis in his class on Friendster in 2003.