> Friendster was the first social network

Friendster was not the first social network.

sixdegrees.com had it beat by 5 years.

AOL has them beat by another 5. You need to go back to ARPA to find the first one. Social networks are just networks with humans at each end.

	▲	vidarh 35 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		That's not how the term is being used. Six Degrees had all the features we associate with a social network, such as profiles, and the ability to create connections.

Also LiveJournal, launched in 1999.