- IRC-Galleria
Infobox_Website
url = http://www.irc-galleria.net
name = IRC-Galleria
origin =Finland
caption =
commercial = Yes
type = Image gallery,Social network service
registration = Required
location =
owner =Sulake
author = Tomi Lintelä
current status = ActiveIRC-Galleria (Finnish for "IRC gallery") is the largest social networking website in
Finland . It was founded in December 2000 by Tomi Lintelä as a photo gallery for the Finnish users ofInternet Relay Chat (IRC). As of December 2007, IRC-galleria has over 460,000 registered users and 6 million images. [ [http://irc-galleria.net/index.php IRC-Galleria ] ] Over 90% of the users are active users who use the service on a weekly basis [" [http://www.dynamoid.com/mainostus/kavijaluvut/ Mainostus] " at "Dynamoid Oy's website"] . Despite the sites roots nowadays less than 20% of the users have identified themselves as actual users of IRC.Fact|date=February 2007.IRC-Galleria is officially open to anyone who is over 12 years old and speaks Finnish. Most of the users are aged between 13 and 22, with the mean age being about 20 years. [" [http://irc-galleria.net/dob.php Tilastot] " at "irc-galleria.net".]
IRC-Galleria is now maintained and developed by "Dynamoid Oy", a company founded solely for running IRC-Galleria. The service is financed with advertising,
SMS -based services, T-shirts and optional VIP privileges. Sulake Corporation acquired Dynamoid Oy in April 2007. [cite web|url=http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Sulake+buys+out+virtual+community+IRC-Galleria+/1135226783596|title=Sulake buys out virtual community IRC-Galleria|accessdate=2008-01-07|work=Helsingin Sanomat International Edition.Helsingin Sanomat ]Today IRC-Galleria operates in several countries in Europe eg. in Russia, Estonia and Germany.
Technology
Despite all the features, IRC-Galleria is basically a photo gallery and it is not possible to have a user account without at least one accepted image. The maximum number of visible images per user is 60 (only for VIP-users), and the so-called default image must contain the face of the user.
Communication in IRC-Galleria is based on short messages, "comments", each of which is associated with either a picture or a community. Each user can be a member of at most 60 communities. Some of the communities are representations of actual IRC channels, and joining them requires IRC-based identification. Comments are only visible to those who are logged in.
ee also
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List of social networking websites References
External links
* [http://irc-galleria.net/ IRC-Galleria]
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