Friendster is the leading social website here in the Philippines. Although, Facebook is widely used all over the world, Friendster remains to be the leading website that helped thousand of Filipinos locate and gain friends here and abroad. That is why, it is not so much a surprise if many Filipinos are affected with this 4-day long maintenance/problem Friendster is currently facing.

Some Friendster users even encountered “data loss” wherein some of their friends went missing from their list, since yesterday. run.

Meanwhile, here are some FAQs to help address your concerns according to Friendster’s site. :

*     What happened to my friends?
Currently, the number of friends in the friends list is being displayed incorrectly.
*      Are my friends lost permanently?
No. The data for all friend connections is intact and is not lost.
*      When can this be fixed?
Friendster is currently working on this problem and we hope to have this fixed within 24 hours.

*      Can I still add friends while the problem has not yet been fixed?
Yes, users can still add new friends and use other features of the site.
*      What caused this problem?
Friendster’s data center lost power, and as a result, the memory caching of data was affected. Since Friendster has 85M users, the cache is taking a considerable amount of time to build. Once the cache has been completely built, all friends will re-appear.