Friendster
| Friendster | |
| |
| URL | http://www.friendster.com/ |
| Status | Offline |
| Archiving status | Saved! |
| Archiving type | Unknown |
| Project source | https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/splinder-grab |
| IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) (formerly #foreveralone (on EFnet)) |
| Data[how to use] | archive-team-friendster |
Friendster was an early social networking site. It's estimated that Friendster had over 115 million registered users. Founded in 2002, Friendster allowed the posting of blogs, photos, shoutouts/comments, and "widgets" of varying quality (not dissimilar to Facebook applications). It is considered one of the earlier social media networks (although it has numerous predecessors dating back for years) and distinguished itself by allowing such "rich media" additions to a user's account. After an initially high ranking and rating in the charts, Friendster's slow decline in hotness ensured an ever-growing chance of being deleted, and on April 25th, 2011, Friendster announced that most of the user-generated content on the site would be removed on May 31st, 2011. Literally terabytes of user-generated content was in danger of being wiped out, and Archive Team made it a priority to grab as much of Friendster as possible. A unix-based script (called BFF, or Best Friends Forever) was created and Archive Team asked for anyone with unix and 100gb of disk space to get involved in the project.
Jonathan Abrams, the original co-founder of Friendster, has wiped his hands of the whole situation, and is mostly frustrated with Friendster's past. [1]
Because Friendster was based on numeric IDs (as opposed to usernames), it was possible to assign "chunks" to Archive Team volunteers. The tools below were used to save Friendster.
There's a side project downloading a Friendster dataset.
DNS change
On Monday, June 27, Friendster switched DNS servers, pointing at their new site. However, the old site and data remain available on the old servers, if you know where to look.
NOTE: It is strongly recommended that you use a local caching DNS server, such as dnscache, dnsmasq, or bind. This reduces the DNS load on your internet connection, allows DNS lookups to resolve faster, and reduces load on the remote server.
dnscache
If you're using the dnscache server from the djbdns package, you can do the following to forward your Friendster-related requests (assuming your dnscache configuration is in /etc/dnscache):
- echo 50.17.127.246 > /etc/dnscache/root/servers/friendster.com
- echo 50.17.127.246 > /etc/dnscache/root/servers/friendster.com.cdngc.net
- svc -t /etc/dnscache
Do a lookup of friendster.com. You should get 209.11.168.113.
dnsmasq
You can tell dnsmasq to forward requests for the Friendster domains to a different server. dnsmasq will also cache results for a time. the default cache size is 150 names.
- Find your dnsmasq configuration.
- Add the following options:
- server=/friendster.com/50.17.127.246
- server=/friendster.com.cdngc.net/50.17.127.246
- Restart dnsmasq.
- do a lookup for friendster.com. you should get 209.11.168.113.
bind
If you're using bind for your DNS needs, you can add the following to your options in order to forward your Friendster-related requests to a server that is still serving the old data:
zone "friendster.com" {
type forward;
forwarders { 50.17.127.246; };
};
zone "friendster.com.cdngc.net" {
type forward;
forwarders { 50.17.127.246; };
};
Then reload/restart bind. Do a lookup of friendster.com and you should get 209.11.168.113.
hacky simple way
NOTE: This is NOT recommended. It will forward ALL of your DNS lookups to this server, for EVERY request. (linux does not cache results on the local machine by default.)
Add "nameserver 50.17.127.246" to the top of your /etc/resolv.conf file. This will send all lookups to that server first. This server does so recursive requests as well, so you could use it directly if you wanted. (it would potentially slow down all name lookups, however). The better way is to do one of the above. (by default, linux does not cache dns results on the local machine. you may want to install dnscache, change the root/servers/@ file to list your ISP dns servers (or your own local server), and point resolv.conf at 127.0.0.1).
Be aware that with this hacky method, the change could be overwritten the next time your DHCP updates. (You might be able to add the line to a new file named "/etc/resolve.conf.head" to get around this. You might also be able to configure your DHCP client to ignore the servers it got from the DHCP, or place another server before or after it. Another option, in Linuxes that support it, is to "sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf")
Do a lookup of friendster.com. You should get 209.11.168.113.
Tools
friendster-scrape-profile
Script to download a Friendster profile: download it, or clone the git repository.
You need a Friendster account to use this script. (Note: if you are creating an account, mailinator email addresses are blocked) Add your login details to a file username.txt and a password.txt and save those in the directory of the download script.
Run with a numeric profile id of a Friendster user: ./friendster-scrape-profile PROFILE_ID
Currently downloads:
- the main profile page (profiles.friendster.com/$PROFILE_ID)
- the user's profile image from that page
- the list of public albums (www.friendster.com/viewalbums.php?uid=$PROFILE_ID)
- each of the album pages (www.friendster.com/viewphotos.php?a=$id&uid=$PROFILE_ID)
- the original photos from each album
- the list of friends (www.friendster.com/fans.php?uid=$PROFILE_ID)
- the shoutoutstream (www.friendster.com/shoutoutstream.php?uid=$PROFILE_ID) and the associated comments
- the Friendster blog, if any
It does not download any of the widgets.
Downloading one profile takes between 6 and 10 seconds and generates 200-400 kB of data (for normal profiles).
Automating the process
(This is all unix-only; it won't work in Windows.)
1. Create a Friendster account
2. Download the script; name it 'bff.sh'.
3. In the directory that you put the bff.sh, make a username.txt file that has your Friendster e-mail address as the text in it
4. In the directory that you put the bff.sh, make a password.txt file that has your Friendster password as the text in it.
5. Choose your profile range.
6. Edit that section to say what range you'll do.
7. On the command line, type (with your range replacing the '#'s.):
$ for i in {#..#}; do bash bff.sh $i; done
or even better
$ ./bff-thread.sh # #
which will allow you to stop at any time by touching the STOP file.
Advanced: multiple instances
Requirements
Now you might notice it's relatively slow. My average is 115 profiles per hour. The bottleneck is mainly network requests, so running multiple instances can increase your download speed nearly linearly. BUT we're not sure whether it's safe to use the same cookies.txt file for all the instances (which it will do by default). Luckily you can easily avoid this using an extra optional parameter of bff.sh. Just add the name of the cookie file you want it to create and use right after the profile ID, for instance: "bff.sh 4012089 cookie3.txt". Use a different cookie file for each instance.
Manually
The full, modified command would then be (replacing the #'s with your range or the cookie number, where applicable):
$ for i in {#..#}; do bash bff.sh $i cookie#.txt; done
chunky.sh
This is the latest and most sophisticated way to automate this is to run chunky.sh. It breaks the range up into chunks of a thousand profiles, and runs as many of these chunks concurrently as you request. This means that if some chunks contain smaller profiles and therefore download more quickly you don't end up with fewer concurrent downloads than you wanted.
$ ./chunky.sh <start> <end> <threads>
Multiple Instances of chunky.sh
In order to always be downloading at maximum capacity, we're experimenting with an updated chunky.sh that is aware of all BFF download processes on the machine, not just its own. That means that you can start a new range of profiles and the new chunky.sh will patiently wait until it sees an open download slot to take. It hasn't seen a whole lot of testing yet, so use at your own risk and report any problems or possible improvements in #forerveralone. Syntax is the same as the original chunky.sh. View it here or download it here.
snook.sh
The original automated solution was snook.sh. This script takes the start and end of a range and a number of download threads to run and launches that many instances of bff.sh at once. It automatically logs the output to individual log files and creates separate cookies files for them. This script was originally written by underscore; you may have his link to pastebin on the irc channel. I've fixed several bugs, including one very serious one. If you used the version from pastebin, you'll need to start over because it downloaded the wrong profiles (keep what you downloaded, it'll merely overlap with someone else.) If you need to stop the downloads cleanly, simply $ touch STOP.
invoker.pl and summary.pl
Another option is this perl script which does a similar job. It's not thoroughly tested yet, but it's pretty simple. It takes the starting ID, the number of IDs per process, the number of processes, then creates a shell script which launches them. It has the bonus of being able to be stopped by using $ touch STOP, and it logs every finished ID from every instance to one file for monitoring. This script will give a quick summary of that file to monitor the processes' progress. (And with touch STOP and the summary file, that means easy management over SSH! Woo!)
XML friend lists
Also on the wiki: a script that uses the Friendster API to download friends lists. This has the advantage that you can get the ids of all friends of a user as one XML file, which is a lot faster than the bff method. See getfriends.sh on Github.
Troubleshooting
If you get an error like bff.sh: line 26: $'\r': command not found, you will need to convert the script to use UNIX-style line endings:
$ dos2unix bff.sh
or if you somehow find yourself without the dos2unix command, do this:
$ sed "s/\r//" bff.sh > bff-fixed.sh $ mv bff-fixed.sh bff.sh
Site Organization
Content on Friendster seems to be primarily organized by the id number of the users, which were sequentially assigned starting at 1. This will make it fairly easy for wget to scrape the site and for us to break it up into convenient work units. The main components we need to scrape are the profile pages, photo albums and blogs, but there may be others. More research is needed
Profiles
Urls of the form 'http://profiles.friendster.com/<userid>'. Many pictures on these pages are hosted on urls that look like 'http://photos-p.friendster.com/photos/<lk>/<ji>/nnnnnijkl/<imageid>.jpg', but these folders aren't browsable directly. Profiles will not be easy to scrape with wget.
Photo Albums
A user's photo albums are at urls that look like 'http://www.friendster.com/viewalbums.php?uid=<userid>' with individual albums at 'http://www.friendster.com/viewphotos.php?a=<album id>&uid=<userid>'. It appears that the individual photo pages use javascript to load the images, so they will be very hard to scrape.
On the individual album pages, the photo thumbnails are stored under similar paths as the main images. i.e. if the album thumb is at http://photos-p.friendster.com/photos/<lk>/<ji>/nnnnnijkl/<imageid>m.jpg, just drop the final 'm' to get the main photo (or replace it with a 't' to get an even tinier version).
Blogs
Blogs are hosted by a wordpress install, typically at (somename).blog.friendster.com for the actual blog pages, with images hosted on (somename).blogs.friendster.com, where that name is the same, and picked by the user.
Groups
Friendster groups (only visible when logged in) have a profile picture, a list of members, photos, discussions (a forum) and announcements.
The group ids range from 1 to 3253050.
Forums
There are general Friendster forums on http://www.friendster.com/forums/. It is not clear whether they will remain open or disappear as well. (Note: I downloaded them, Alard.)
Range Signup Sheet
We're going to break up the user ids into ranges and let individuals claim a range to download. Use this table to mark your territory:
| Start | End | Status | Size (Uncompressed) | Claimant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 999 | Uploaded | 55MB | closure |
| 1,000 | 1,999 | Uploaded | 283MB | alard |
| 2,000 | 2,999 | Uploaded | 473MB | DoubleJ |
| 3,000 | 3,999 | Downloaded | 234MB | Teaspoon |
| 4,000 | 4,999 | Uploaded | 183MB | Paradoks |
| 5,000 | 5,999 | Uploaded | 202MB | robbiet48/Robbie Trencheny (Amsterdam) |
| 6,000 | 9,999 | Uploaded | 1.1gb | Sketchcow/Jason Scott |
| 10,000 | 29,999 | Uploaded | 5.1gb | Sketchcow/Jason Scott |
| 30,000 | 31,999 | Uploaded | 485mb | Sketchcow/Jason Scott |
| 32,000 | 32,999 | Uploaded | 201MB | Paradoks |
| 33,000 | 33,999 | Uploaded | 241mb | closure |
| 34,000 | 100,000 | Uploaded | unknown (20+ gb?) | closure |
| 100,000 | 101,000 | Downloaded | 205.6 MB | xlene |
| 101,001 | 102,000 | Uploaded | 232MB | robbiet48/Robbie Trencheny (Florida) |
| 102,001 | 103,000 | Uploaded | 241MB | robbiet48/Robbie Trencheny (Amsterdam) |
| 103,001 | 104,000 | Uploaded | yipdw | |
| 104,001 | 105,000 | Downloaded | 252MB | Coderjoe |
| 105,001 | 114,999 | Uploaded | 2.1GB | Paradoks |
| 115,000 | 116,999 | Uploaded | yipdw | |
| 117,000 | 119,999 | Downloaded | 815MB | Coderjoe |
| 120,000 | 130,000 | Uploaded | 2.3GB | robbiet48/Robbie Trencheny (Florida) |
| 130,000 | 140,000 | Uploaded http://ia700601.us.archive.org/5/incoming/gv/friendster.130000-140000.tar | robbiet48/Robbie Trencheny (Florida) (Reclaimed by Underscor 15:24, 19 June 2011 (UTC)) | |
| 140,001 | 160,000 | Uploaded | yipdw | |
| 160,001 | 180,000 | Downloaded | 2.4GB | jch |
| 180,001 | 200,000 | Uploaded | yipdw | |
| 200,001 | 220,000 | Downloaded | 8.4GB | Coderjoe |
| 220,001 | 230,000 | Uploaded | xlene (Reclaimed by alard, 19 June 2011) | |
| 230,001 | 240,000 | Uploaded | 4.4GB | alard |
| 240,001 | 250,000 | Downloaded | Teaspoon | |
| 250,001 | 260,000 | Uploaded http://ia700601.us.archive.org/5/incoming/gv/friendster.250001-260000.tar | robbiet48/Robbie Trencheny (Newark) (Reclaimed by Underscor 21:35, 19 June 2011 (UTC)) | |
| 260,001 | 270,000 | Uploaded | 4.0GB | robbiet48/Robbie Trencheny (Fremont 1) |
| 270,001 | 280,000 | Uploaded | 3.2GB | robbiet48/Robbie Trencheny (Fremont 2) |
| 280,001 | 290,000 | Uploaded | 3.8GB | DoubleJ |
| 290,001 | 300,000 | Uploaded | 3.9GB | dnova |
| 310,001 | 320,000 | Downloaded | 5.1GB | Coderjoe |
| 320,001 | 330,000 | Uploaded http://ia700601.us.archive.org/5/incoming/gv/friendster.320001-330000.tar | robbiet48/Robbie Trencheny (Oakland) (Reclaimed by Underscor 23:20, 19 June 2011 (UTC)) | |
| 330,000 | 340,000 | Uploaded | closure | |
| 340,000 | 400,000 | Uploaded | 25gb | Sketchcow/Jason Scott |
| 400,001 | 500,000 | Uploaded | 40 GB | DoubleJ |
| 500,000 | 600,000 | Downloaded | 37 GB | closure (penguin) |
| 600,001 | 700,000 | Uploaded http://ia700601.us.archive.org/5/incoming/gv/friendster.600001-700000.tar | no2pencil (Reclaimed by Underscor 12:50, 20 June 2011 (UTC)) | |
| 700,001 | 800,000 | Uploaded | 36GB | proub/Paul Roub |
| 800,001 | 900,000 | Uploaded | 39GB | proub/Paul Roub |
| 900,001 | 1,000,000 | Uploaded (gv7@blindtiger) | 36GB | Soult |
| 1,000,001 | 1,100,000 | Downloaded by DoubleJ | 32 GB | Avram (reclaimed by DoubleJ 6/21 3PM EDT) |
| 1,100,001 | 1,200,000 | Uploaded | 33GB | Paradoks |
| 1,200,001 | 1,300,000 | Uploaded | 36 GB | db48x |
| 1,300,000 | 1,400,000 | Downloaded | 36 GB | closure (penguin) (reclaimed by db48x, just in case) |
| 1,400,001 | 1,500,000 | Uploaded | alard | |
| 1,500,001 | 1,600,000 | Downloaded | ksh/omglolbah | |
| 1,600,001 | 1,700,000 | Downloaded | ksh/omglolbah | |
| 1,700,001 | 1,800,000 | Downloaded | ksh/omglolbah | |
| 1,800,001 | 1,900,000 | Downloaded | ksh/omglolbah | |
| 1,900,001 | 2,000,000 | Downloaded | ksh/omglolbah | |
| 2,000,001 | 2,100,000 | Downloaded | ksh/omglolbah | |
| 2,100,001 | 2,200,000 | Downloaded | 65 GB | Teaspoon |
| 2,200,001 | 2,300,000 | Uploaded | 50gb compressed | Darkstar |
| 2,300,001 | 2,400,000 | Uploaded | 70gb compressed | Darkstar |
| 2,400,001 | 2,500,000 | Downloaded | underscor (snookie) | |
| 2,500,001 | 2,600,000 | Downloaded by underscor | Bardicer (Reclaimed by Underscor 04:02, 22 June 2011 (UTC)) | |
| 2,600,001 | 2,700,000 | Downloaded by underscor | Robbie Trencheny (Amsterdam) (Reclaimed by Underscor 18:44, 24 June 2011 (UTC)) | |
| 2,700,001 | 2,800,000 | Downloaded by underscor | Robbie Trencheny (Fremont 2) (Reclaimed by Underscor 04:23, 26 June 2011 (UTC)) | |
| 2,800,001 | 2,900,000 | Downloaded | 139GB | Coderjoe (system1) |
| 2,900,001 | 3,000,000 | Downloaded | 154GB | Coderjoe (system2) |
| 3,000,001 | 3,100,000 | Uploaded | 78GB | Qwerty0 |
| 3,100,001 | 3,600,000 | Claimed | Jason Scott/Sketchcow | |
| 3,600,001 | 3,700,000 | Downloaded | 202 GB | DoubleJ |
| 3,700,001 | 3,800,000 | Uploaded | yipdw | |
| 3,800,001 | 3,900,000 | Uploaded | oli | |
| 3,900,001 | 4,000,000 | Claimed | Jason Scott/Sketchcow | |
| 3,985,001 | 4,000,000 | Downloaded | 32GB | Coderjoe (per Sketchcow's request) |
| 4,000,001 | 4,100,000 | Downloaded by DoubleJ | primus102 (reclaimed by DoubleJ 6/22 3:15PM EDT) | |
| 4,100,001 | 4,200,000 | Downloaded | Zebranky | |
| 4,200,001 | 4,300,000 | Claimed | Zebranky (Reclaimed by Underscor 04:23, 26 June 2011 (UTC)) | |
| 4,300,001 | 4,399,999 | Uploaded | 255GB (196GB compressed) | db48x |
| 4,400,000 | 4,599,999 | Downloaded | 364GB (480 uncompressed) | Jade Falcon |
| 4,600,000 | 4,799,999 | Uploaded (gv7@blindtiger) | Soult | |
| 4,800,000 | 4,809,999 | Uploaded | alard | |
| 4,810,000 | 4,899,999 | Uploaded | oli | |
| 4,900,000 | 4,999,999 | Uploaded | 216GB (160GB compressed) | db48x |
| 5,000,000 | 5,099,999 | Downloaded by underscor | jch (Reclaimed by Underscor 04:23, 26 June 2011 (UTC)) | |
| 5,100,000 | 5,199,999 | Downloading (20%) | hydruh | |
| 5,200,000 | 5,299,999 | Uploaded | chris_k | |
| 5,300,000 | 5,349,000 | Uploaded | 177~GB | ersi |
| 5,349,001 | 5,359,000 | Uploaded http://ia700601.us.archive.org/5/incoming/gv/data_5349001_5359000.tar.gz | 13GB | Underscor 03:25, 22 May 2011 (UTC) |
| 5,359,001 | 5,360,000 | Uploaded http://ia700601.us.archive.org/5/incoming/gv/data_5359000_5360000.tar.bz2 | Underscor 03:25, 22 May 2011 (UTC) | |
| 5,360,001 | 5,370,000 | Uploaded http://ia700601.us.archive.org/5/incoming/gv/data_5360001_5370000.tar | 11GB | Underscor 03:25, 22 May 2011 (UTC) |
| 5,370,001 | 5,470,000 | Downloaded | Underscor 03:25, 22 May 2011 (UTC) | |
| 5,470,001 | 5,570,000 | Downloaded | Underscor 03:25, 22 May 2011 (UTC) | |
| 5,570,001 | 5,670,000 | Downloaded | Underscor 03:25, 22 May 2011 (UTC) | |
| 5,670,001 | 6,349,999 | Downloading | jeremydouglass | |
| 6,350,000 | 6,449,999 | Uploaded | 212~GB | Paradoks |
| 6,450,000 | 6,550,000 | Uploaded | yipdw | |
| 6,550,001 | 6,700,000 | Uploaded | oli | |
| 6,700,000 | 6,800,000 | Claimed | closure (penguin) | |
| 6,800,001 | 6,900,000 | Uploaded | alard | |
| 6,900,001 | 7,000,000 | Uploaded | oli | |
| 7,000,001 | 7,100,000 | Uploaded | seanp2k (likwid/@ip2k on twitter) | |
| 7,100,001 | 7,150,000 | Downloaded | oli | |
| 7,150,001 | 7,250,001 | Downloaded | 204 GB (160G compressed) | dashcloud |
| 7,250,002 | 7,299,999 | Downloaded | db48x | |
| 7,300,000 | 7,399,999 | Uploaded | 171 GB | DoubleJ |
| 7,400,000 | 7,499,999 | Downloaded | 138GB compressed | dsquared |
| 7,500,000 | 7,599,999 | Uploaded | oli | |
| 7,600,000 | 7,699,999 | Uploaded | oli | |
| 7,700,000 | 7,799,999 | Downloaded | seanp2k (likwid/@ip2k on twitter) | |
| 7,800,000 | 7,899,999 | Uploaded | seanp2k (likwid/@ip2k on twitter) | |
| 7,900,000 | 7,999,999 | Compressing | seanp2k (likwid/@ip2k on twitter) | |
| 8,000,000 | 8,099,999 | Downloaded by underscor | primus102 (Reclaimed by Underscor 04:23, 26 June 2011 (UTC)) | |
| 8,100,000 | 8,199,999 | Uploaded | alard | |
| 8,200,000 | 8,299,999 | Downloaded | 190GB / 145GB tar.gz | jeremydouglass |
| 8,300,000 | 8,399,999 | Downloaded | 192GB | Beardicus |
| 8,400,000 | 8,449,999 | Compressed | 100GB | Shadyman (Yes, 50k IDs) |
| 8,450,000 | 8,599,999 | Uploading | aristotle | |
| 8,600,000 | 8,699,999 | Uploaded | 131GB | chris_k |
| 8,700,000 | 8,715,999 | Uploaded | alard (redownloading vertevero's range) | |
| 8,716,000 | 8,999,999 | Uploaded (possible errors, email aggroskater AT gmail DOT com if reup needed) | aggroskater | |
| 9,000,000 | 9,035,999 | Uploaded http://ia700601.us.archive.org/5/incoming/gv/friendster.9000000-9035999.tar | chris_k (Reclaimed by Underscor 04:23, 26 June 2011 (UTC)) | |
| 9,036,000 | 9,099,999 | Downloaded | 95 GB | db48x |
| 9,100,000 | 9,199,999 | Downloaded | 139 GB | DoubleJ |
| 9,200,000 | 9,299,999 | Uploaded | chris_k | |
| 9,300,000 | 9,399,999 | Downloaded | db48x | |
| 9,400,000 | 9,499,999 | Downloaded | 161 GB | db48x |
| 9,500,000 | 9,529,999 | Uploaded | alard | |
| 9,530,000 | 9,599,999 | Downloaded | 115G | Coderjoe (realigning) |
| 9,600,000 | 9,699,999 | Uploaded | aristotle | |
| 9,700,000 | 9,799,999 | Downloaded | DoubleJ | |
| 9,800,000 | 9,899,999 | Uploaded | 144G | aristotle |
| 9,900,000 | 9,999,999 | Uploaded | 149G | aristotle |
| 10,000,000 | 10,050,000 | Uploaded | yipdw (50k intentional) | |
| 10,050,001 | 10,100,000 | Uploaded | 96G | dinomite |
| 10,100,001 | 10,199,999 | Uploaded | chris_k | |
| 10,200,000 | 10,300,000 | Downloaded | 204GB | Coderjoe (yes, 100k1) |
| 10,300,001 | 10,399,999 | Uploaded | 179 G (141 G compressed) | dashcloud |
| 10,400,001 | 10,499,999 | Claimed | Lambda_Driver | |
| 10,500,000 | 10,599,999 | Uploaded | 199G (155G compressed) | dinomite |
| 10,600,000 | 10,699,999 | Uploaded | dinomite | |
| 10,700,000 | 10,799,999 | Downloaded | 196 GB | DoubleJ |
| 10,800,000 | 10,849,999 | Downloaded | Shadyman | |
| 10,850,000 | 10,899,999 | Downloaded | Underscor 18:56, 24 May 2011 (UTC) | |
| 10,900,000 | 10,999,999 | Uploaded | chris_k | |
| 11,000,000 | 11,049,999 | Uploaded | alard | |
| 11,050,000 | 11,199,999 | Downloading | Cameron_D | |
| 11,200,000 | 11,249,999 | Downloading | Underscor 01:05, 31 May 2011 (UTC) | |
| 11,250,000 | 11,399,999 | Uploaded | chris_k | |
| 11,400,000 | 11,449,999 | Uploaded | yipdw | |
| 11,450,000 | 11,499,999 | Uploaded | chris_k | |
| 11,500,000 | 11,599,999 | Uploaded | alard | |
| 11,600,000 | 11,699,999 | Uploaded | chris_k | |
| 11,700,000 | 11,714,999 | Uploaded http://ia700601.us.archive.org/5/incoming/gv/friendster.11700000-11714999.tar | Underscor 22:12, 17 June 2011 (UTC) | |
| 11,715,000 | 11,799,999 | Downloaded | 161GB | Coderjoe (Realigning) |
| 11,800,000 | 11,899,999 | Uploaded | chris_k | |
| 11,900,000 | 11,999,999 | Downloaded | Beardicus | |
| 12,000,000 | 12,099,999 | Uploaded | chris_k | |
| 12,100,000 | 12,199,999 | Downloaded by dsquared | dsquared | |
| 12,200,000 | 12,849,999 | Downloaded | ~270GB Uncompressed | Wyatt |
| 12,850,000 | 12,899,999 | Claimed | Perfinion | |
| 12,900,000 | 12,949,999 | Downloaded | DoubleJ | |
| 12,950,000 | 12,999,999 | Downloaded | DoubleJ | |
| 13,000,000 | 13,099,999 | Uploaded | chris_k | |
| 13,100,000 | 13,199,999 | Uploaded | chris_k | |
| 13,200,000 | 13,299,999 | Uploaded | 195G Uncompressed, 124G .gz | chris_k |
| 13,300,000 | 13,399,999 | Downloading | Underscor 00:39, 10 June 2011 (UTC) | |
| 13,400,000 | 13,499,999 | Uploaded http://ia700601.us.archive.org/5/incoming/gv/friendster.13400000-13499999.tar | 159G Uncompressed | chris_k (Accidentally double-done by underscor... oops) |
| 13,500,000 | 13,599,999 | Uploaded http://ia700601.us.archive.org/5/incoming/gv/friendster.13500000-13599999.tar | Underscor 19:18, 10 June 2011 (UTC) | |
| 13,600,000 | 13,699,999 | Downloaded | 173GB | Coderjoe (sys-g) |
| 13,700,000 | 13,799,999 | Downloaded | 190GB | Coderjoe (sys-r) |
| 13,800,000 | 13,899,999 | Downloaded | 152GB | db48x |
| 13,900,000 | 13,999,999 | Downloading | Beardicus | |
| 14,000,000 | 14,099,999 | Downloaded | 170GB | Coderjoe (sys-g) |
| 14,100,000 | 14,199,999 | Uploaded | chris_k | |
| 14,200,000 | 14,299,999 | Uploaded | chris_k | |
| 14,300,000 | 14,399,999 | Uploaded | ~150GB (108GB compessed) | Perfinion |
| 14,400,000 | 14,499,999 | Downloaded | 169GB | Coderjoe (sys-g) |
| 14,500,000 | 14,599,999 | Uploaded | chris_k | |
| 14,600,000 | 14,699,999 | Uploaded http://ia700601.us.archive.org/5/incoming/gv/friendster.14600000-14699999.tar | Underscor 16:05, 18 June 2011 (UTC) | |
| 14,700,000 | 14,799,999 | Uploaded | 59G tar.gz | chris_k |
| 14,800,000 | 14,899,999 | Downloaded | chris_k | |
| 14,900,000 | 14,999,999 | Downloaded | 50 GB | DoubleJ |
| 15,000,000 | 15,099,999 | Downloaded | DoubleJ | |
| 15,100,000 | 15,199,999 | Downloaded | DoubleJ | |
| 15,200,000 | 15,299,999 | Downloading | chris_k | |
| 15,300,000 | 15,399,999 | Claimed | db48x | |
| 15,400,000 | 19,899,999 | Unclaimed | Available pool | |
| 19,900,000 | 19,999,999 | Downloaded | DoubleJ | |
| 20,000,000 | 20,099,999 | Uploaded | dinomite | |
| 20,100,000 | 20,199,999 | Downloaded | Beardicus | |
| 20,200,000 | 24,999,999 | Unclaimed | Available pool | |
| 25,000,000 | 25,099,999 | Downloaded | DoubleJ | |
| 25,100,000 | 29,899,999 | Unclaimed | Available pool | |
| 29,900,000 | 29,999,999 | Downloaded | DoubleJ | |
| 30,000,000 | 30,099,999 | Downloaded | dsquared | |
| 30,100,000 | 30,199,999 | Downloaded | DoubleJ | |
| 30,200,000 | 34,999,999 | Unclaimed | Available pool | |
| 35,000,000 | 35,099,999 | Downloaded | 45 GB | DoubleJ |
| 35,100,000 | 39,899,999 | Unclaimed | Available pool | |
| 39,900,000 | 39,999,999 | Downloaded | DoubleJ | |
| 40,000,000 | 40,099,999 | Downloaded | 159 GB | db48x |
| 40,100,000 | 40,199,999 | Downloaded | 153 GB | dashcloud |
| 40,200,000 | 49,899,999 | Unclaimed | Available pool | |
| 49,900,000 | 49,999,999 | Downloaded | DoubleJ | |
| 50,000,000 | 50,099,999 | Downloaded | 135GB | jeremydouglass |
| 50,100,000 | 50,199,999 | Downloaded | DoubleJ | |
| 50,200,000 | 59,899,999 | Unclaimed | Available pool | |
| 59,900,000 | 59,999,999 | Downloaded | DoubleJ | |
| 60,000,000 | 60,099,999 | Uploaded | 131GB, 91G .gz | chris_k |
| 60,100,000 | 60,199,999 | Downloaded | DoubleJ | |
| 60,200,000 | 60,299,999 | Downloaded | seanp2k (likwid/@ip2k on twitter) | |
| 60,300,000 | 60,399,999 | Downloading | seanp2k (likwid/@ip2k on twitter) | |
| 60,400,000 | 64,999,999 | Unclaimed | Available pool | |
| 65,000,000 | 65,099,999 | Downloaded | 103 GB | DoubleJ |
| 65,100,000 | 69,899,999 | Unclaimed | Available pool | |
| 69,900,000 | 69,999,999 | Downloaded | DoubleJ | |
| 70,000,000 | 70,099,999 | Downloaded | 97GB | jeremydouglass |
| 70,100,000 | 70,199,999 | Downloaded | DoubleJ | |
| 70,200,000 | 79,999,999 | Unclaimed | Available pool | |
| 80,000,000 | 80,099,999 | Uploaded | 94GB | chris_k |
| 80,100,000 | 80,199,999 | Downloaded | 90 GB | DoubleJ |
| 80,200,000 | 89,999,999 | Unclaimed | Available pool | |
| 90,000,000 | 90,099,999 | Uploaded | 90GB, 51G .gz | chris_k |
| 90,100,000 | 94,999,999 | Unclaimed | Available pool | |
| 95,000,000 | 95,099,999 | Downloaded | 76G | zebedee |
| 95,100,000 | 99,899,999 | Unclaimed | Available pool | |
| 99,900,000 | 100,000,000 | Uploaded | aristotle | |
| 100,000,000 | 100,099,999 | Uploaded | dinomite | |
| 100,100,000 | 109,999,999 | Unclaimed | Available pool | |
| 110,000,000 | 110,099,999 | Uploaded | 72GB est. | Paradoks |
| 110,100,000 | 119,999,999 | Unclaimed | Available pool | |
| 120,000,000 | 120,099,999 | Uploaded | chris_k | |
| 120,100,000 | 122,000,000 | Downloaded | oli | |
| 122,000,001 | 124,099,999 | Unclaimed | Available pool | |
| 124,100,000 | 124,138,261 | Downloaded | 9GB | jeremydouglass |
| Special Collection | Status | Size (Uncompressed) | Claimant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 320 fan profiles (from search) | Uploaded | alard |
We recommend claiming 100k at a time, because that keeps things neat and tidy, both in this table and on your computer. However, it seems that the number of photographs per profile increased quite a bit during the early years, so the later profiles are much larger than the older ones. Feel free to claim a smaller block if it'll help. 100GB should hold about 50,000 ids and only take a couple of days to download.
Proposal: sampling
It is growing increasingly likely that we won't get it all by the 31st. Given that, perhaps we should be sampling new ranges from across the total index, in order to capture a better picture of what Friendster was like across its history.
Here are eleven proposed ranges to start, ranked by priority:
| Start | End | Priority |
|---|---|---|
| 20,000,000 | 20,099,999 | 5 |
| 30,000,000 | 30,099,999 | 9 |
| 40,000,000 | 40,099,999 | 3 |
| 50,000,000 | 50,099,999 | 6 |
| 60,000,000 | 60,099,999 | 10 |
| 70,000,000 | 70,099,999 | 2 |
| 80,000,000 | 80,099,999 | 7 |
| 90,000,000 | 90,099,999 | 11 |
| 100,000,000 | 100,099,999 | 4 |
| 110,000,000 | 110,099,999 | 8 |
| 124,100,000 | 124,138,261 | 1 |
...and here they are sorted by priority. If you want to do one of these ranges, you would still add an entry for it in the main table above.
| Start | End | Priority | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 124,100,000 | 124,138,261 | 1 | claimed |
| 70,000,000 | 70,099,999 | 2 | claimed |
| 40,000,000 | 40,099,999 | 3 | claimed |
| 100,000,000 | 100,099,999 | 4 | claimed |
| 20,000,000 | 20,099,999 | 5 | claimed |
| 50,000,000 | 50,099,999 | 6 | claimed |
| 80,000,000 | 80,099,999 | 7 | claimed |
| 110,000,000 | 110,099,999 | 8 | claimed |
| 30,000,000 | 30,099,999 | 9 | claimed |
| 60,000,000 | 60,099,999 | 10 | claimed |
| 90,000,000 | 90,099,999 | 11 | claimed |
Proposal: download some groups
It might be interesting to download at least part of the Friendster groups. The bigger groups often have forums, photos and announcements. This table lists the number of groups with 100 members or more. If you are interested, claim a category.
The lists of group ids can be found in this special Github repository. To download a group, you'll need the bgf.sh script, which can be found in the same git repository as bff.sh (you may already have it!).
Note: it seems that Friendster's group browser is now broken, which means that it can't be used to find more large groups from the larger categories. The incomplete id lists for these categories are in the Github repository.
Check for an update to bgf.sh!
| CatID | Category | ID list file | Groups | Status / Uncompressed size | Claimed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Activities | ids-100plus-cat-11-PARTIAL.txt | 675 | Downloaded, uploaded | alard |
| 12 | Automotive | ids-100plus-cat-12.txt | 983 | Downloaded, 417M .bz2 | Cameron_D |
| 13 | Business | ids-100plus-cat-13.txt | 289 | Downloaded 302M, uploaded | chris_k |
| 14 | Career & Jobs | ids-100plus-cat-14.txt | 457 | Downloaded, 463M, uploaded | chris_k |
| 15 | Cities & Neighborhoods | ids-100plus-cat-15.txt | 586 | Downloaded, 199M .bz2 | Cameron_D |
| 16 | Companies | ids-100plus-cat-16.txt | 627 | Downloaded, 426M, uploaded | chris_k |
| 17 | Computers & Internet | ids-100plus-cat-17.txt | 661 | Downloaded, uploaded | alard |
| 18 | Countries & Regional | ids-100plus-cat-18.txt | 645 | Downloaded, 2.4GB, uploaded | chris_k |
| 19 | Cultures & Community | ids-100plus-cat-19.txt | 1425 | Downloaded, 2.1GB, uploaded | chris_k |
| 20 | Entertainment | ids-100plus-cat-20.txt | 2718 | Downloaded, uploaded | alard |
| 21 | Family & Home | ids-100plus-cat-21.txt | 554 | Downloaded, 214M .bz2 | Cameron_D |
| 22 | Fan Clubs | ids-100plus-cat-22-PARTIAL.txt | 4758 | Downloaded, 3.2GB, uploaded | chris_k |
| 23 | Fashion & Beauty | ids-100plus-cat-23.txt | 1725 | Downloaded, 6.6GB, uploaded | Paradoks |
| 24 | Film & Television | ids-100plus-cat-24.txt | 954 | Downloaded, uploaded | alard |
| 25 | Food, Drink, & Wine | ids-100plus-cat-25.txt | 634 | Downloaded, 3GB, uploaded | Paradoks |
| 26 | Games | ids-100plus-cat-26-PARTIAL.txt | 1583 | Downloaded, 3.9GB, uploaded | chris_k |
| 27 | Gay, Lesbian & Bi | ids-100plus-cat-27.txt | 850 | Uploaded | vertevero/claimed by chris_k as a backup |
| 28 | Government & Politics | ids-100plus-cat-28.txt | 279 | Downloaded, uploaded | alard |
| 29 | Health & Fitness | ids-100plus-cat-29.txt | 281 | Downloaded, 49M .bz2 | Cameron_D |
| 30 | Hobbies & Crafts | ids-100plus-cat-30.txt | 753 | Downloaded, uploaded | alard |
| 31 | Literature & Arts | ids-100plus-cat-31.txt | 422 | Downloaded, 189M .bz2 | Cameron_D |
| 32 | Money & Investing | ids-100plus-cat-32.txt | 102 | Downloaded, 869MB, uploaded | Paradoks |
| 33 | Movies | ids-100plus-cat-33.txt | 1265 | Downloaded, uploaded | alard |
| 34 | Music | ids-100plus-cat-34-PARTIAL.txt | 2027 | Downloaded, 2.4G, uploaded | chris_k |
| 35 | Nightlife & Clubs | ids-100plus-cat-35.txt | 856 | Downloaded, 256M .bz2 | Cameron_D |
| 36 | Non-Profit & Philanthropic | ids-100plus-cat-36.txt | 126 | Downloaded, 325MB, uploaded | Paradoks |
| 37 | People | ids-100plus-cat-37-PARTIAL.txt | 1249 | Downloaded, 2.7G, uploaded | chris_k |
| 38 | Pets & Animals | ids-100plus-cat-38.txt | 449 | Downloaded, 342M, uploaded | chris_k |
| 39 | Professional Organizations | ids-100plus-cat-39.txt | 1200 | Downloaded, uploaded | alard |
| 40 | Recreation & Sports | ids-100plus-cat-40.txt | 1130 | Downloaded, 1.6G, uploaded | chris_k |
| 41 | Religion & Beliefs | ids-100plus-cat-41.txt | 1281 | Downloaded, 2.1G, uploaded | chris_k |
| 42 | Romance & Relationships | ids-100plus-cat-42.txt | 1020 | Downloaded, 932M, uploaded | chris_k |
| 43 | Schools & Alumni | ids-100plus-cat-43-PARTIAL.txt | 1020 | Downloaded, 2.2G, uploaded | chris_k |
| 44 | Science & History | ids-100plus-cat-44.txt | 181 | Downloaded, 341MB, uploaded | Paradoks |
| 45 | Sorority/Fraternities | ids-100plus-cat-45.txt | 491 | Downloaded, 426MB, uploaded | chris_k |
| 46 | Television | ids-100plus-cat-46.txt | 908 | Downloaded, uploaded | alard |
| 47 | Travel | ids-100plus-cat-47.txt | 241 | Downloaded, 113M .bz2 | Cameron_D |
| 48 | Other | ids-100plus-cat-48-PARTIAL.txt | 1356 | Downloaded, 1.5g, Uploaded | chris_k |
| 49 | Events | ids-100plus-cat-49.txt | 330 | Downloaded, 969MB, uploaded | Paradoks |
Known issues
| Affected | Issue | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| User IDs < 340000 | Suspect blog content | Jason will run a blog-check at the end |
| Profiles retrieved with bff.sh < v8 | Missing blog content | Redownload affected profiles or wait for blog-check |
| Profiles retrieved with bff.sh < v9 | Missing images | Redownload affected profiles |
| Profiles with more than one shoutout page, retrieved with bff.sh < v12 | Only first page of shoutoutstream | Redownload profiles that have a file shoutout_2.html |
| Groups retrieved with bgf.sh < v4 | Missing bulletins | Run fix-bgf-bulletins.sh to redownload |
Running on Mac OS X
Summary: To run on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), 10.6 (Snow Leopard), or 10.6 Server, you need to install wget, bash 4.0+, and a more recent expr.
Description: In MacPorts, this can be done through installing packages wget, bash, and coreutils (for gexpr), then changing the top lines in all .sh files from the ArchiveTeam-friendster-scrape git package to !#/opt/local/bin/bash, and replacing all instances of 'expr' with 'gexpr'. Then run chunky.sh as normal on a range and declare victory.
Problem Details: All this is done to work around these three problems:
- bff.sh requires wget
- ...which is not installed by default
- bff.sh requires a more recent version of expr
- chunky.sh requires a more recent version of bash (4.0+)
- ...to support the shell builtin "declare -A" (associative arrays)
Solution Details:
- Install MacPorts (requires Developer Tools). You may also use Homebrew or Fink.
- Install new versions of wget, expr, and bash. In MacPorts
- sudo port install wget
- sudo port install coreutils
- sudo port install bash
- In MacPorts, the new bash is installed at
- /opt/local/bin/bash
- ...so change the first line of each .sh file from:
- !#/bin/bash ...to:
- !#/opt/local/bin/bash
- In MacPorts, the new expr is called "gexpr", so search and replace every expr-->gexpr
- (lines 167 and 231 in bff.sh, in the current scripts)
More:
- Homebrew users can use commands like:
- brew install bash
- ...or Xcode users can build bash 4+ from source:
More on the missing image problem
We've just discovered the versions of bff.sh that we've been using don't grab the right things on some systems. Specifically, we know that older versions of grep (i.e. 2.5.4) don't match some urls as intended. To test whether your files have been downloading correctly, run ./bff.sh 115288. If you end up with one .jpg instead of 8 (here is what you should end up with), you need to upgrade your version of bff.sh before continuing. The current version solves the issue. We're figuring out what to do about the already-downloaded stuff.
More on the shoutout page problem
There was an error in the section downloading the shoutoutstream pages, (bff.sh versions < 12). For profiles with more than one shoutoutstream page, the first page was downloaded several times. shoutout_1.html, shoutout_2.html etc. all contained the first page of messages. This problem was fixed in the version 12 of the script.
This only affects profiles with more than one shoutout page. This is a small percentage of the profiles (7 out of the 50,000 profiles in my collection). They can be found by looking for shoutout_2.html. Remove the profiles that have this file and run the script again.
Blogs with bad links
Some blogs have bad links that expand into an infinite tree. The latest version of bff.sh ameliorates this problem by limiting recursion depth to 20, but in some cases that can still be too much.
These profile IDs are known to have blogs that cause problems:
| ID | Example of offending URL |
|---|---|
| 319,533 | exquisitelle.blog.friendster.com/category/uncategorized/<object width=/<object width=/...
|
| 488,742 | oxidation-hani.blog.friendster.com/category/uncategorized/page/category/uncategorized/page/...
|
| 2,969,345 | mercurian.blog.friendster.com/category/life-or-something-like-it/<center> <a href=/...
|
| 3,007,822 | iz-freedom.blog.friendster.com/category/uncategorized/;/;/...
|
| 3,035,078 | khelay-angela.blog.friendster.com/category/music/<div style=/<div style=/<div style=/...
|
| 3,764,079 | luzie53.blog.friendster.com/&tbnh=106&tbnw=142&hl=tl&start=4&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsad%2Bangel%2Bpictures%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Dtl%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN/...
|
| 3,774,275 | msiabeckham.blog.friendster.com/category/uncategorized/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/page/2/\/page/2...
|
| 3,789,069 | chrisna.blog.friendster.com/&tbnh=110&tbnw=80&hl=en&start=20&prev=/images?q=friendship&hl=en&lr=&sa=G/images?q=friendship&hl=en&lr=&sa=G/...
|
| 5,686,980 | output file names look like: 5/6/8/5686980/blog/myztikal-princessa.blog.friendster.com/category/current-affairs/<a href=/<a href=/<a href=/<a href=/<a href=/<a href=/<a href=/<a href=/<a href=/<a href=
|
| 5,716,605 | |
| 5,726,907 | output file names look like: data/5/7/2/5726907/blog/zacharyderwoods.blog.friendster.com/category/uncategorized/&tbnh=87&tbnw=105&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images?q=Bangkok&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=G/&tbnh=87&tbnw=105&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images?q=Bangkok&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=G/&tbnh=87&tbnw=105&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images?q=Bangkok&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=G/&tbnh=87&tbnw=105&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images?q=Bangkok&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=G/&tbnh=87&tbnw=105&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images?q=Bangkok&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=G/&tbnh=87&tbnw=105&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images?q=Bangkok&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=G/&tbnh=87&tbnw=105&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images?q=Bangkok&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=G/&tbnh=87&tbnw=105&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images?q=Bangkok&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=G/&tbnh=87&tbnw=105&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images?q=Bangkok&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=G/&tbnh=87&tbnw=105&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images?q=Bangkok&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=G/&tbnh=87&tbnw=105&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images?q=Bangkok&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=G/index.html.orig
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| 6,501,473 | irisruby.blog.friendster.com/category/music/<a href=/<a href=/<a href=/<a href=/<a href=/<a href=/<a href=/<object classid=/...
|
| 6,803,753 | pauloge10.blog.friendster.com/category/uncategorized/object_width=%2F%3Ca+href%3D%2F%3Cobject+width%3D%2F%3Ca+href%3D%2F%3Cobject+width%3D%2F%3Ca+href%3D%2F%3Ca+href%3D%2F%3Ca+href%3D%2F%3Ca+href%3D%2F%3Ca+href%3D%2F%3Ca+href%3D%2F/page/2/
|
| 7,124,822 | julius-kurimaw.blog.friendster.com/&tbnh=110&tbnw=111&hl=en&start=25&prev=/images?q=+x-japan+&start=20&hl=en&lr=&sa=N/&tbnh=97&tbnw=97&hl=en&start=6&prev=/images?q=first+love+lyrics+by+utada+hikaru&hl=en&lr=&sa=N...
|
| 9,537,003 | andesmelba.blog.friendster.com/&/page/3/simenon.htm/&/&/page/3/alesol.htm/&/&/page/2/
|
| 13,783,346 | simplifiamina.blog.friendster.com/&tbnh=71&tbnw=120&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images?q=sasuke+and+sakura&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&sa=N/itachi.htm/itachi.htm/&tbnh=71&tbnw=120&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images?q=sasuke+and+sakura&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&sa=N/&tbnh=71&tbnw=120&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images?q=sasuke+and+sakura&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&sa=N/&tbnh=71&tbnw=120&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images?q=sasuke+and+sakura&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&sa=N/&tbnh=71&tbnw=120&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images?q=sasuke+and+sakura&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&sa=N/&tbnh=71&tbnw=120&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images?q=sasuke+and+sakura&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&sa=N/itachi.htm/&tbnh=71&tbnw=120&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images?q=sasuke+and+sakura&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&sa=N/&tbnh=71&tbnw=120&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images?q=sasuke+and+sakura&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&sa=N/itachi.htm/itachi.htm/itachi.htm/&tbnh=71&tbnw=120&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images?q=sasuke+and+sakura&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&sa=N/itachi.htm.html
|
| 14,068,868 | evelyn01.blog.friendster.com/category/uncategorized/&tbnh=88&tbnw=91&hl=tl&start=2&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhello%2Bkitty%26hl%3Dtl%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN/index.cfm/index.cfm/index.cfm/index.cfm/&tbnh=88&tbnw=91&hl=tl&start=2&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhello%2Bkitty%26hl%3Dtl%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN/index.cfm/index.cfm/&tbnh=88&tbnw=91&hl=tl&start=2&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhello%2Bkitty%26hl%3Dtl%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN/&tbnh=88&tbnw=91&hl=tl&start=2&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhello%2Bkitty%26hl%3Dtl%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN/
|
| 14,482,038 | cyfa.blog.friendster.com/category/film/&tbnh=91&tbnw=138&hl=id&start=25&prev=/images?q=Harry+Potter+and+The+Goblet+of+Fire&start=20&svnum=10&hl=id&lr=&sa=N/&tbnh=120&tbnw=150&hl=id&start=52&prev=/images?q=Harry+Potter+and+The+Goblet+of+Fire&start=40&svnum=10&hl=id&lr=&sa=N/&tbnh=120&tbnw=150&hl=id&start=52&prev=/images?q=Harry+Potter+and+The+Goblet+of+Fire&start=40&svnum=10&hl=id&lr=&sa=N/&tbnh=120&tbnw=150&hl=id&start=52&prev=/images?q=Harry+Potter+and+The+Goblet+of+Fire&start=40&svnum=10&hl=id&lr=&sa=N/&tbnh=120&tbnw=150&hl=id&start=52&prev=/images?q=Harry+Potter+and+The+Goblet+of+Fire&start=40&svnum=10&hl=id&lr=&sa=N/&tbnh=120&tbnw=150&hl=id&start=52&prev=/images?q=Harry+Potter+and+The+Goblet+of+Fire&start=40&svnum=10&hl=id&lr=&sa=N/&tbnh=91&tbnw=138&hl=id&start=25&prev=/images?q=Harry+Potter+and+The+Goblet+of+Fire&start=20&svnum=10&hl=id&lr=&sa=N/&tbnh=89&tbnw=135&hl=id&start=27&prev=/images?q=Harry+Potter+and+The+Goblet+of+Fire&start=20&svnum=10&hl=id&lr=&sa=N.html
|
If you come across one of these, please add to this list.
Blogs with corrupt images
Some blogs have links to images that just never finish downloading. wget downloads to 99%, then hangs until the server closes the connection.
| ID | Example of offending URL |
|---|---|
| 1421002 | http://diverjun23.blog.friendster.com/files/sany0901.jpg
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CEO's "Friendster re-launching" message
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 06:28:28 -0700 (PDT)
Dear fellow Friendster members, As many of you may know, Friendster announced that it is re-launching itself as a social gaming portal and launched a beta version of the new Friendster a couple of weeks ago. The beta version was well received. I am pleased to announce that the new Friendster is going live thereby enabling all our users to login to the new Friendster using your existing Friendster username and password. Friendster has touched the lives of many. Since MOL, the company I founded acquired Friendster in early last year; many people have come up to me to tell me how Friendster has changed their lives. Many have told me that they have found their life partners over Friendster. Just last week, a successful Internet entrepreneur in Singapore told me that her success was triggered by promoting her business on Friendster. Friendster pioneered social networking and ignited the social media industry that has created billion dollar companies such as Facebook and Twitter, companies that may not have existed in their present form if not for Friendster's early innovation. Today, Friendster is in a unique position to take advantage on the growth of social gaming. Through its relationship with MOL, which has a 10 year history in working with gaming companies, Friendster has both the experience and track record to make innovations in this space. Today, as Friendster reinvents itself as a social gaming destination that enables its users to create multiple avatars, play games and enjoy rewards; I hope that all of you will wish us luck and continue to support us in our new reincarnation. The new Friendster is not perfect and we will continue to add new games and features such as localization and rewards over the next few months. Our team is working hard on adding these features and welcomes your suggestions and comments on how we can better serve your needs as a social gaming and entertainment destination. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your support and hope that all of you will enjoy the new Friendster as Friendster continues to innovate to serve and entertain you better. Yours truly, Ganesh Kumar Bangah Chief Executive Officer ceo@friendster.com
New Friendster answer about old data
In the New Friendster's help pages, there is a question about data from the old Friendster. Here is the question and answer:
- 4.9. Where did the photos, blogs, comments, testimonials and all the other content in my old Friendster profile go?
- As part of the reformat of the site, we had to remove some of the content of your profile including the photo albums, blogs and most parts of the profile like the "more about " info, comments and the testimonials.