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Because back then Friendster was the leading social media site in Southeast Asia, and later it got dumped as people went to Facebook, beginning with the games. That the people who grew up with it are now mostly on Android phones.
There do exist people who are trying to get out of toxic social media networks run by supervillains, and looking for alternatives asides from Mastadon. While it's so tempting to think the guy who bought the domain name and trademarks could do something, I doubt his project could fly given his previous Medium posts.