The Next Big Thing (for this week only) [Part 1]...

Blogging has become so last week. Now, people are declaring Friendster and services like it as the 'next big thing'. This service is part of a fast growing new category of Internet services called 'social networking'.

Friendster is a service that helps people find new 'friends' by allowing friends to refer their friends to others. The service is based around a community concept, but right now it seems a new way of meeting people on the Internet.

Friendster opened to the public in March of 2003, and it just hit it's first one million users a few weeks ago. The company claims that they're expanding their user base at a rate of 20% per week.

To be continued...

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