little. yellow. different. A weblog by Ernie Hsiung

the day the ghetto-fabs took over friendster

Okay, what is UP with Friendster? A couple of months ago, I registered for the site — a way for single people to meet each other through their friends. There wasn’t a lot of people on the site; it was in beta, and everyone on the site at that point seemed to be one of the following: hip, savvy Internet folk, or gay men. A couple of months pass. The site seemed to die.

Then the ghetto-fabulous Asians took over Friendster.

Don’t get me wrong! I loves me the ghetto-fab AZN’s. I dyed my hair brown in college. “Bizarre Love Triangle” will still get me on the dance floor. Xanga over LiveJournal any day, cuz that shit is the fucking bomb, yo.

But now, practically 100 or so friends of mine from college have joined the website. And their friends. And the friends of their friends. Friendster has gone from a funny little blogger joke to object of obsession with real-life people, and at parties a couple of my friends seem to have… issues with the amount of contacts I have (oh-so-slightly exaggerated, but you get the point:)

Ernie: Haven’t talked to you in a while! What ya been up to?
Friend: Well, why don’t you ask SOMEONE ELSE, MISTER I HAVE 132 FRIENDS ON FRIENDSTER!?
Ernie: It’s because I’m user #7 and you’re user #600,000 or somethin. Stop hatin.
Friend #2: Bullshit! He’s got 132 friends cuz he’s friends with all them WHITE people.
Friend #3: I got a white person on my Friendster list. He’s like my dentist or somethin.

And I have now received my first bit of Friendster-SPAM:

My name is _____ and I think you look real
hot in your picture.My guy friends are trying to
compete with me by having more friends than me.
Can you help me by adding me and asking your
pals to too.

Friends as Pokemon trading cards. Nice. I will admit that, thank to Friendster, I have come in contact with at least 6 people I haven’t seen since my college days. Who knew that people on a match-making service would Mutiny to a site like this? All they need now is an anti-Friendster site like, I don’t know, Enemyster.

Add me to your Enemyster list!!!

Or not.

You post so rarely now.

What’s up with that?

Just wanted to be the third person to comment! **grins**

Enimyster is a great idea. It’s time for bitchy queens everywhere to take over the web!

Creeeeeeepy… Btw, I just realized your sidebar has something in it. Shows how often I actually look around. I guess wil took the “gay” spot on their little young adult map from you. Sorry ern.

Hey, our episode’s up, if you want. Sorry, no pirated DVD’s…yet.

Enemyster? How ’bout Erniester?

How funny–I have just one ghetto-fab AZN on my list in SF, Ernie, and I’m connected to you by three different people. Small freaking world.

Oops, I guess I’m just one of those ghetto fab AZNz who’s part of the Friendster take-over. Muahahahahahha… Next Target: The WORLD!

follow this link (read carefully)
http://www.fiendster.com

Yeah, it’s a trip this morning I got a message from my ex’s lil’ cousin who’s hella cool, but your basic ghetto fab asian kid.

Enemyster would rule! lets create it!

I thought all dentists were asian?

Horry shit, you’re right! And here I just sold my dropped out CRX and dyed my hair black again.

Enemyster, the blog.

the reason that friendster has blown up is because techtv won’t shut the fuck up about it. they mention it 259,826 a day.

Hey, the anti-Friendster that Unseen posted in linkable form:

Fiendster

(I learned of this a while back from Gawker.)

Fiendster pwnz!

Regarding that “Azn Party” list, what does #2 for guys (dressing in plaid shirt/white undershirt, jeans, and Docs) have to do with being “Azn”? Or perhaps I should ask, how is that particularly Azn as opposed to just standard indie-rock/alterna-rock/grunge-rock fashion? If I went to a party, or rock club for that matter, and saw a bunch of guys dressed like that, I’d only know it was an “Azn” party if the guys were, in fact, Asian.

Yeah, I’m not a big fan of Friendster…but I can’t help looking for cute girls. I couldn’t understand why they’re all Asian — now I know. Party on.

If it wasn’t for Friendster, I would never have been able to get so close to you. I bet you smell real pretty.

thanks for the info