Friendster was a social gaming site based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was previously a social networking service website.[3][4] Before Friendster was redesigned, the service allowed users to contact other members, maintain those contacts, and share online content and media with those contacts.[5] The website was also used for dating and discovering new events, bands and hobbies. Users could share videos, photos, messages and comments with other members via profiles and networks.[5] It is considered one of the original and even the "grandfather" of social networks.[6]