Grumpy Old Geeks Companies Friendster Company Friendster 2 mentions in 1 episode A social networking company the hosts discuss in connection with early online services. Mentions 207: Light my Fyre May 1, 2017 1:59 Friendster appeared in 2002 and basically did everything that everybody does now online. 2:19 Everybody was leaving Friendster because it was always down and so slow.