# Friendster.com **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendster-com/169196 "2003-04-16T22:54:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendster-com/169196/1 "2003-04-16T22:54:53Z")
Anybody else subscribed? Just found it - kind of passive, but neat nonetheless. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendster-com/169196/2 "2003-04-17T01:14:22Z")
Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Vengeant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@Vengeant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vengeant)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendster-com/169196/3 "2003-04-17T01:42:43Z")
I saw it too, but have yet to sign up. Looked like it could be neat, but I’m always (as a rule) very wary of such online stuff. So let us know how it is, Esprix! 😉 Vengeant -----_----- Lost souls of little understanding and fierce deeds rise as the enemies of the world for its destruction. – The Bhagavad Gita, 16:9 -----_----- ---
**Author:** ![Spacegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendster-com/169196/4 "2003-04-17T03:12:49Z")
One of my friends wanted me to subscribe there, but like **Vengeant** , I am wary. Let us know how it goes. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendster-com/169196/5 "2003-04-17T04:16:39Z")
Wary of what? Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendster-com/169196/6 "2003-04-17T04:29:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Wary of what? Oh, maybe an overweight sweaty unshaven man in his 40s and his underpants typing “I am nearly 15, I like Backstreet Boys too. Want to meet?” to a 13 year old girl. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendster-com/169196/7 "2003-04-17T05:51:40Z")
As if you’d only find that on Friendster? 😕 Esprix ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendster-com/169196/8 "2003-04-17T17:13:05Z")
My girlfriend is addicted to it. ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendster-com/169196/9 "2003-04-17T17:52:04Z")
**Esprix** , did you join through an invitation, or did you start your own network? ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendster-com/169196/10 "2003-04-17T19:03:39Z")
I was invited by friends. I’m still not sure what’s so nefarious about this… Esprix ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendster-com/169196/11 "2003-04-17T19:28:52Z")
I don’t know, meeting up with people you’ve only met online? Don’t you think that sounds weird, **Esprix**? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendster-com/169196/12 "2003-04-17T19:52:05Z")
Oh, you should see some of the freaks I met in LA! 😛 Esprix