Friendster is not listening

FriendsterEarly this year, Time reviewed about Friendster moved to Asia. Though I am bit late for the article (just found it), I think it's lame. Everybody in Asia knows that right after myspace and YouTube, Friendster only hope was Asian. However they decided to fight, and they won the social network patent, but for what?

Last year just before the facebook platform hype, it launched its alternative languages features which was chinese, followed by Korean and Japanese but left out all Southeast Asian users which was (is) biggest portion of registered users. Why chinese? Obviously everyone after China for giant market acquisition. How did they perform? Not well…

Friendster traffic ranks in East Asian and Southeast Asian countries according Alexa:

  • China 209
  • Japan 256
  • South Korea 19
  • Hongkong 179
  • Macao 59
  • Philippines 1
  • Brunei 1
  • Malaysia 2
  • Indonesia 2
  • Singapore 5
  • Thailand 415

And some other regions:

  • Australia 20
  • New Zealand 30
  • United States 101
  • United Kingdom 93
  • United Arab Emirate 10
  • Qatar 11
  • India 367

Data not available for South America and Africa (very few).

Look at the traffic ranks, Friendster already failed in China, Japan and Hongkong. China users already enjoy local social networking like 51.com and qq.com, while Japanese has mixi.com. Benjamin Joffe, Managing Director of Asia Internet Consultancy did not even count Friendster in today competition on an interview by ReadWriteWeb.com.

Even though Indonesian contributes as major traffic since 2004, the option to switch to Bahasa Indonesia lastly provided on March this year, and it is very lousy. Other Languages option provided are Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and English.

How is Friendster doing in its birthland, US? According Quancast, Friendster has about 1,3 million American users. About 40% actively contributes traffic on daily basis while 10% described as addicted users and most are Asian of 25-34 y/o. (I can't access Quantcast for second look due to server maintenance?).

I have been user at Friendster since 2004, and it helped me meet long lost friends and new friends as well. I also enjoyed many other services like blog, gallery and feeds. What I found to be annoying were Friendster seems to easily approved fake profiles, did not do much about spams, and did not response well on user reports and complaints. I also had reported some malicious code on few profile testimonials but never received their response. 

They claimed to have 65 user worldwide and growing. I wonder how many of them are fake. 

I suggest Friendster, to be more serious to listen to its constituent whatever languages spoken, find it as more opportunities to reveal. Lucky to have OpenSocial but please do more on the developer page. Also, it is important to have local rep while Friendster execs don't understand what their million users talk about.

Sidenote:

  • This blog enjoys traffic from thousands queries on google about "cara daftar friendster" (how to sign up on Friendster).
  • Today, I check my Facebook on daily basis.

 

4-hour workweek?? NAYY!!!

Referred by Jeremiah Owyang's update on twitter… a summary of a 'shaker' book titled 4-hour workweek by Timothy Ferris. This book suggest few steps to have more and work less… if you want to enjoy life more… note what interesting..

Outsource your life

Please see if you think you need it..

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How do you like to work only 4 hour a week but still earn more?? Go buy and read the book and tell me if you ever make it 4 a week. Please.. 

As for me… I say no to this book. I rather put it as a distraction to what I am. Misdirection and another obstacle in my struggling… see my blog title. 

english friendly

You probably one of those who think that my English sucks.

Yes I know, pretty much aware of the issue since I read/write lots on web but found that only a few really got my points. No, I am not that into stubbornness on this, but my top priority still to improve my time management (very lousy).

Noticed from statistics that non-Indonesian often visit this blog. Of course I love to share my thought to those who don't read Indonesian, but most of the contents written in bahasa Indonesia. So, I made "english" as a new category to help those English readers finding English content easier.

Please browse the English content

Immature Older Guy

Dear God,

I know that You did so, made me did what I did. Was not grateful bit sometimes and vanity was all over me all the time. You've made me never be the best of the best, the better or the worse… You just somehow adjusting the field… so I had to, but I had not did the best I could… Yet, patience all Yours… I was torturing myself not had You as my friend… 

I did not do what I had to.

For the better as You told me, I waited and idled… but my mouth produced craps, all about the best.. and I cheated… but mostly idled..

I am immature older guy, today… 

You put me among those whom caring and the best I should more than grateful… are not what they had not did nor were… but they just simply Your voice… Blinded, I ignored… but they never gave up on me… I am blessed but did not know… but that's all I was for past few years..

They are my family, friends and others, giving me more than love… I am down on my knees begging You, hoping more from and for them… to keep me alive…

Remorse, You might say… A prayer…  blessing and everything Divined for them.. Have Mother Mary around… 

and all for the Glorification and Joy!

Thank You, dear God.

- ad maiorem dei gloriam - 

laziness kills (curiosity does not)

True. I have this laziness big time to deal with. All the time and all my consciousness has…

To think is another different issue that I would never give up for anything… only I'd hardly ever stay focus on matters.. This been going on since hundred years and deep inside I always found someone to blame on… My family, girlfriends, friends…

Now. I am trying to be diligent… Yes, some people trust me on doing things. These irresponsible senses are grudging my nerve.. and I hate being one of those smuck…

Remind me on things I have to:

  • Do those NET projects
  • Do wake up earlier
  • Do pay the bills!!! (avoid penalties)
  • Do manage the cash (after all I should be the king, not cash)
  • Do clean up my place (home, office, workshop)
  • Do greet family, partner, co-worker, friends (they also have their birthdays)
  • Do chase the dreams!!!

…for these probably some reasons I live this life…

Today Dreaming: supercomputers, online backup and local ad network

Yes.. today I am dreaming about few things… the computers, internet, and me working using them. You know, it is never be easy to draw a structure on dreams. Well, this blog enable me to toss them anyway…

 

supercomputerMe serving government and enterprises using NET supercomputers.

Yes, even BCA does not have such stuff to process their real time report to partner or regulator system. Can you imagine when they runs their card settlement (clearing house) real time? FYI. Today Visa card and Mastercard payments still settled by a card settlement system running in Tokyo (imagine how rupiah goes abroad). BCA is small compare to Government of Indonesia. I am dreaming NET does have teraflop supercomputers.

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The Struggling Dreams

That what I called Struggling Dreams. When dreams exists only in your subconscious and your daily routine, your so called normal life, your short-term expectation and other not so important things in the way. Dreams that left abandoned while people around you tell that you're doing good, that you're performing well, that you will become somebody that they think you really up to… but they never understand what you really really up to…

Dreams are struggling to exist and we often bury them during our daily activities. People don't understand our dreams, they only think that we up to something. Thus people tend to discourage, misleading and give confusing opinion on how to achieve in certain topic.

I say dreams are life essences. Something that moves you to the right path, the most encouraging, the purpose of your life, the vision that build mission you should accomplish. Something that one should focused in.

Dreams are always good because they built by heart, soul and most beautiful life experiences. For all beautiful experiences are the best lessons.

This post just like some other things is a reminder for one to live the dreams and never leave them behind due to whatever else that could be "current obligation". In such situation, never bury but keep. Let them struggle within…

To live the dreams is to live the life. The most precious in life is you, yourself and your dreams.

"Sometimes living out your dreams
Ain't as easy as it seems
You wanna fly around the world
In a beautiful balloon" (life, by desiree)

other says: unveil power of your dreams, your life value, never been there – never done that

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