Friendster Evolution
I’ve checked the “Who’s grabbed my photo” section of friendster. None.
My previous account has four. I have around 27 testimonials back then. Now they called it comments. Sometimes there’s nothing in it that says about the person itself. It became more of an e-mail and a public bulletin.
The previous number of photos you can upload is surely less than 50. Now you can upload a thousand. I don’t know who will browse a thousand pictures for one profile, unless of course they are the fans of the account holder. But that doesn’t make them friends, I suppose.
The numbers of friends back then are limited to 500. Who can limit your friends? But then, a lot questioned that figure. Can you really have 500 friends at one time? Is it the same with many “best friends” you think you have?
Friends are buddies that stays close you. They are that someone who are interested and concerned on the things that matters you. They usually check things out with you. They send their support and encouragement in tough times, cheer and celebration during the high times, and best wishes and prayers all the time.
They say that to found one in your lifetime is rare. If you found two, that makes you lucky enough. Three… four… and five, you must be a superhero.
I will not talk about customization and embedded music and videos. You surely know what I mean, when you experience to hear that big blast of music if you open your friends’ account. How about the “hang effect” because of too much graphics on the front page?
Unwritten rule of web page making says that the ideal size per page should no greater than 75kb for fast loading and easy navigation of your visitors. However, we feel the glitters, colors, graphics are too irresistible to ignore.
Anyway, we can never appreciate simplicity until we know how unpleasant it is to browse a convoluted page until we experience it first hand.
