Faceparty is a community social networking website primarily populated by teens through to late twenties. Faceparty allows users to create online profiles and interact with each other using instant chat, messaging facilities (like an interface to email), and audio "voicemail messaging".
Faceparty website (June 2006)As of June 2006 the site claims 6 million 'audited' subscribers with an additional 35,000 new members every week. While some of the site is free to use, many of the feature of Faceparty are for paying customers only. The popularity of Faceparty has decreased since the proliferation of other social networking websites, particulaly those in direct competition which do not require payment.
In 2004, the British press reported that police were investigating Faceparty for allegedly featuring pornographic images of underage girls. Smiley Face. It was reported that girls as young as 13 were posting provocative and somtimes sexually explicit images of themselves on the website in return for gifts such as mobile phone top-ups from other users.
Faceparty claimed that they have now banned anyone signing up who lists themselves as under the age of 16. However, under British law no person under the age of 18 is permitted to have nude/explicit images or video of themselves produced for distribution whether physically or digitally.
Faceparty said it would liase with police to remove all illegal material and implement measures to stop underaged persons from signing up to their website. (For full story, see link at bottom of page)
Arguably, one of the most popular parts of the site was the weekly agony advice column by the dominatrix agony aunt Grim_Rita. Appearing on the site since 2002, the advice was usually largely humourous in nature, and was a unique point of the website that other networking sites did not have. Options & Party Supplies. Unfortunately, from June 2006, Rita's page and archives have disappeared from the site for unknown reasons. When questioned on why Grim Rita is no longer on the site; Faceparty support gave the following statement:
"Grim Rita has disappeared off of the face of the Earth, the last time anyone from the office saw her she was on the back of a camel smoking Benson and Hedges and drinking Jack Daniels riding off into the sunset. No one knows when or if she will return so I'm afraid I cannot give you an answer to your question at the moment. "
In addition to online social networking, Faceparty also organises events. According to the 'Help' section of their website events are hosted every three to four months mainly in London, and exclusively for members of the site. [1]
In the years 2004 and 2005 the site was host to a 'Big Gay Out' pride event. What a fun party theme!
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