Last Tuesday night we had an exclusive dinner party for Filipino bloggers at the National Sports Grill restaurant in Greenbelt 3. During the event, Friendster Vice President and Global Head for Brand Experience, Ben Dunn, gave everyone a sneak peek at the new Friendster which is set to launch soon. It was good to see the positive reaction of the bloggers. We’ve been working really hard on the relaunch and re-branding for the past few months. More than the features though, I’m particularly proud about how the new brand will be executed. By the way, we’ll be having a press conference tomorrow noon time to officially announce the launch!
Speaking about the bloggers, here are some of what the bloggers had to say about the new Friendster:
“Friendster is looking to the future. Friendster Wallet & Friendster Coins are just the precursor. Friendster hopes to transform itself into a gaming portal. And lastly, these changes come with a new tagline that I think is perfect to describe the many changes of Friendster: Connecting Smiles” – Rochelle Chua, Hearty’s Haven
“I’m very happy that Ben Dunn, Vice President Philippines and Global Head of Brand Experience of Friendster is very open to us bloggers and answer a lot of questions regarding about their rebranding and revamp. I felt really close to Friendster because of this and this time they will listen to us users and hear what we really wanted that make us happy and SMILE. It will be the next big hit and for my prediction, people will go back to Friendster, while other late blommers will go to other SNS. But hearing from Ben Dunn the big change, I just saw the future of SNS.” – Azrael Coladilla, Azrael’s Merry Land
“Friendster.com is undergoing major changes including a complete redesign of the site and more features that will appeal to its target market – young people.” Mao Hermitanio, Mobile Maui Manila
“Fans of web-based games like Farmville (what?!), etc. will be happy to see the games and applications that will be included in the revamp of Friendter. DLSU fans will surely rejoice, too once they see the default “green-colored theme” of the site. Customizing the user interface will be easier with pre-defined color schemes plus the feature that allows you to change your profiles’ CSS is still available.” Bob Reyes, Turf Site Manila
I’ll update with more posts from other bloggers as soon as the other bloggers write about the event. Cheers and thanks to everyone who attended the parteh!
i want to play that super mario game on friendster hahaha
I want a chat feature & a video upload too
To Friendster: I am no writer, but the bloggers you chose for this presscon are bad writers! If you’re really intent at getting back your mojo, you better start with choosing the right people you choose to unveil your big plans to. You alienated your audience by choosing a select few, and it wasn’t worth it for these “bloggers” are the lamest I have seen in one bunch.
Friendster had the chance before but they were already too late. People already shifted to other SNSs and are enjoying their stay on those sites. Why bother usingFriendster when they are just copying other growing social networking sites? Clearly a deliberate but futile attempt to gain back they have lost.
Friendster.com is much better than before. They aren’t trying to be as popular as facebook.com.
it would be great if friendster can support games like petforest and poker.
hope friendster will beat facebook and add the Game Habbo.com