Thanks to my friend Jonathan Abrams, I've been mentioned in the business magazine, Inc., as being "patient zero" for the Friendster phenomenon in the
Philippines. It's the cover story for the June issue.
Click on the story about Friendster. I'm mentioned here, on page 5, of the online article.
What's totally hilarious to me is the way Jonathan is often portrayed in the online/offline media. Bloggers have spurned him, called him arrogant, accused him of creating Friendster to "get dates," and now Inc. magazine has taken his story and created this mythos of Jonathan somehow being a VC victim, and how Friendster was so unsuccessful.
What I know about Jonathan is that he is an extremely ethical, hardworking, and thoughtful human being with an amazing sense of humor - which is what shields him from the ridiculous gossip and politic of the Valleywagger types. He codes almost everything he's ever built, by himself, does his own PR, and never stops working on his next projects, no matter what ostensible setbacks or perceived "failures" others try to pin on him.
Recently, he wrote a very thorough article, a rebuttal and public statement called "The Truth about Evite" to respond to Evite's recent threats to sue him and his new venture Socializr.
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