Friendster

A Conversation with Aileen Lee - Moderated by Geoff Ralston

Y Combinator

An early social networking service that Aileen Lee worked with.

Mark Zuckerberg at Startup School 2012

Y Combinator

A pioneering social networking service that experienced significant scaling problems, serving as a case study for Facebook's own growth strategy.

Red-pilled Billionaires, LA Fire Update, Newsom's Price Caps, TikTok Ban, Jobless MBAs

All-In Podcast

Reed Hoffman and Mark Pincus put the first money into Friendster, and later were concerned about it acquiring patents.

Things That Don't Scale, The Software Edition – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel

Y Combinator

An early social networking site that struggled with scalability issues, particularly with a feature that calculated the user's extended network, leading to performance problems.

E101: Ye acquires Parler, Snap drops 30%, macro outlook, VC metrics, valuing stocks & more

All-In Podcast

Early social networking site, mentioned as part of a historical lineage of social media platforms showing how monopolies are displaced.

E99: Cheating scandals, Twitter updates, rapid AI advancements, Biden's pardon, Section 230 & more

All-In Podcast

An early social networking service, mentioned as an example of how the quality of social platforms can degrade over time.

Caterina Fake — The Outsider Who Built Giants | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

Mentioned as a platform that helped accustom people to the idea of having an online profile, converging with other trends to make Flickr successful.

Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn Founder: It’s Time To Quit Your Job When You Feel This! Trump Will Punish Me!

The Diary Of A CEO

Early social networking service that Reid Hoffman was an early investor in, showing his long-standing interest in the design of social network effects.

Is The Internet Becoming Television? | Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Reid Hoffman & Michael McCullough Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

An early social networking site that Reed Hoffman invested in, and which had overlaps with LinkedIn's strategy.

Safi Bahcall — On Thinking Big, Curing Cancer, and Transforming Industries | The Tim Ferriss Show

Tim Ferriss

An early social networking site that was considered a 'false fail' in the industry, but whose user retention data revealed a viable business model despite technical glitches.