PictureTrail took me all the way through the early college years. I'd say it's reign as a top stalker site went from the mid-90s to the early 00s (is that even have you write that?). Similar to AOL it all of a sudden dropped off of my list of websites to frequent on a daily basis. Instead, something amazing took it's place. Friendster.
Friendster was the coolest, or so I thought. I honestly felt that I was getting cooler just by being on it. What a fool I was. All of the "trendy" and "cool" people I knew were joining it and like the rest of the losers my age, I joined as well.
Friendster was essentially your modern day Facebook. You could create a profile, add pictures, write on friends walls, send private messages and post your relationship status. Isn't that all that anyone is looking to do on Facebook anyway?
Myspace was making it's way to the top at the same time. However, Myspace had somehow given itself a tacky name (hence the present day situation, Jesse James finding his tattooed whores on it). I never did create a Myspace account, I felt I was above that. I was only cool enough to be on the website where people who didn't know each other stalked each others pictures to see if they would potentially want to hook up with them. Oops, failed to mention that earlier but I always got the vibe that that was the gist of Friendster.
Just like all things popular on the internet, both Myspace and Friendster began to drop off. They had both seen their day and slowly disappeared when something better came along...
