Friendster's pretty much as good as dead to the western world (it hasn't really crossed our radar since 2005), but Forbes reports that the positioning continues to be huge in Southeast Asia -- though not for the explanations you would think. It was the unique social network when in launched in 2002, but its acquisition by e-payment provider MOL Global in 2009 caused its reincarnation as a top online gaming destination for countries equivalent to India, Indonesia and Malaysia. The hot Friendster just officially emerged from beta as a game-centric site, and the rest vestiges of its social networking past -- you can add friends, in the end -- are gamified with reward points. Moreover, owner MOL Global has added e-payments to the combo, letting users buy Friendster Coins to buy virtual goods. Given predictions that the Asian gaming community will exceed 1 billion by 2016, the site's future is calling rosier than ever. That may lessen the edge of being plum blown out of the social networking game by the large dogs.
From WhatNewsToday.net
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