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Jonathan just sent me another link in re: his recent Inc. magazine cover story on Friendster in which I was mentioned as "patient zero," - this time, one the article's author's blog.

Link here: Friendster's Patient Zero.

I am currently in San Francisco, seeing my friends(ters) for a 3rd baby shower for the Pod.  Everyone wants to party with the Pod.

CDJ = Friendster's "Patient Zero" for the Philippines?

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.

Breaking News: The Truth about Evite by Jonathan Abrams

My friend Jonathan Abrams, (the "inventor/coder/founder" of Friendster) just posted a brilliant diatribe on "The Truth about Evite."  If you haven't yet heard about his new company/web app "Socializr," click and get on board.  I just asked him what his site traffic was today, and what it is on a typical day.  Now I want to know what tomorrow's traffic, and next week's site traffic will be.  While it may be a little silly, I just want to see the ripple and spike.  Apparently, I'm a nerd. Which is true. He doesn't use the Google Analytics, tho, but I wish he did so I could see the cool new G-Anal interface reports on his site traffic.

Socializr is officially still in "Gamma."  Jonathan's riff on Google's "Don't be Evil" credo is Socializr's "Don't be Boring." By the way, in my native country of the Philippines, Jonathan Abrams might be considered a deity of some kind.  To this day, they luurve Friendster in Southeast Asia.