▁site ▁based ▁in ▁Mountain ▁View , ▁CA , ▁founded ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁and ▁launched ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁by ▁Jonathan ▁Abr ams . ▁The ▁company ▁was ▁sold ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁ ▁social ▁g aming ▁site ▁based ▁in ▁K ual a ▁L ump ur , ▁Malays ia . ▁It ▁was ▁originally ▁a ▁social ▁networking ▁service ▁website . ▁Before ▁Friend ster ▁was ▁red es igned , ▁the ▁service ▁allowed ▁users ▁to ▁contact ▁other ▁members , ▁maintain ▁those ▁contacts , ▁and ▁share ▁online ▁content ▁and ▁media ▁with ▁those ▁contacts . ▁The ▁website ▁was ▁also ▁used ▁for ▁d ating ▁and ▁discover ing ▁new ▁events , ▁bands ▁and ▁h obb ies . ▁Users ▁could ▁share ▁videos , ▁photos , ▁messages ▁and ▁comments ▁with ▁other ▁members ▁via ▁profiles ▁and ▁networks . ▁It ▁is ▁considered ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁social ▁networks . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁launch ing ▁of ▁Friend ster ▁as ▁a ▁social ▁g aming ▁platform ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁registered ▁users ▁reached ▁over ▁ 1 1 5 ▁million . ▁The ▁company ▁operated ▁mainly ▁from ▁three ▁Asian ▁countries : ▁the ▁Philippines , ▁Malays ia ▁and ▁Singapore , ▁and ▁over ▁ 9 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁site ' s ▁traffic ▁came ▁from ▁Asia . ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Friend ster ▁had ▁more ▁month ly ▁unique ▁visitors ▁than ▁any ▁other ▁social ▁network ▁in ▁Asia . ▁The ▁top ▁ 1 0 ▁countries ▁accessing ▁Friend ster , ▁according ▁to ▁Alex a