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Friendster
Software / AppMentioned in 4 videos
Early social networking service that Reid Hoffman was an early investor in, showing his long-standing interest in the design of social network effects.
Videos Mentioning Friendster

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

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.