E-Dostluk
Type of site | Social Networking |
|---|---|
| Available in | Turkmen only |
| Owner | E-Dostluk Group Ltd |
| Alexa rank |  330,252 (February 2013[update])[1] |
| Registration | Required; no payment needed, free since founded (March 27, 2012) |
| Launched | March 27, 2012 |
E-Dostluk (in Turkmen, Online Friendship) is a social network service for Turkmens and Turkmen language speakers. E-Dostluk was founded on 27 March 2012 by young Turkmen developers under the name The E-Dostluk Group Ltd. The group is headquartered in Ashgabat-Turkmenistan, but several of its departments operate in Turkey, Germany, the UK, and the US.
Service
The site has almost all similar features of other social services; the only difference is E-Dostluk provides its service only in the Turkmen language, aiming to gather all Turkmen language speakers in one community.[2]
The E-Dostluk project is a social platform where registered users can interact, communicate, and share ideas, photos, music, or videos with each other for free. Also, it has its own blog, forum, and chat system to provide other alternative interaction and communication tools. Moreover, the main distinction of the site is a free SMS widget that allows users and guests to send free SMS messages worldwide. Besides these functions, E-Dostluk provides a free online shopping marketplace where registered users can buy or sell allowed products. The transactions are not made via E-Dostluk; to buy a product, users should contact the sellers and deal by themselves. E-Dostluk is just a bridge between sellers and buyers.
Also, the site has its own virtual currency system named 'Manat Hasaby'. With this system, users can buy or earn credits, and they can use these credits to buy a gift and send it to another user. Also, users can earn credits by converting their activity points into credits. To earn activity points, users should be active on the site. They can earn activity points by uploading photos, videos, music, documents; by writing blog posts or forum posts; by creating pages; and by selling products in the marketplace. All new users get 30 Manat for registration, and for each successful friend invitation, they get 8 Manat. Moreover, users can easily send their credit Manats to another user as well. Furthermore, the site has a profile verification service to distinguish real profiles from fake ones. If users verify their profiles, they will get 10 Manat and will be marked as 'verified' in their own profiles. The conditions for verification are using a real name and uploading a real photo.[3]
Another service of the site is an automatic publisher to other social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. This module works as follows: if a user shares a status on their own wall; uploads a photo or a video; uploads a document to the e-library; or puts a product for sale in the marketplace, the publisher module automatically asks whether to share this feed on Facebook and Twitter. Users have options such as 'share in both', 'share in Facebook', 'share in Twitter', 'do not ask and never share', 'do not ask and always share', and 'skip'.[4]
The site is based on the phpfox script, and for easy usage, there is a FAQ system that helps new users learn how to use the features.[5]
Mobile Internet
E-Dostluk Turkmen Platform also provides a mobile version[6] of the service. However, some features are restricted in the mobile version, such as the credit system, announcements, and free SMS, etc.[7]
Terms and Policy
According to the site's terms, users under 13 years old are not allowed to register. Also, it states that as all information (true/untrue) provided by users cannot be investigated, E-Dostluk will not be responsible for its future consequences. Moreover, E-Dostluk advises using only PayPal for transactions on the website.[8] In addition, in an official publication, the privacy rules were stated as follows: "...The access of the government to our information database, if needed, will not be restricted."[9]
On the other hand, according to the site's policy, it declares that it will not assume responsibility for any copyright issues related to users' shares. If anyone claims copyright infringement, they should contact the user who infringed it directly. Similarly, if a user owns the copyright, they can easily set the privacy settings for their posts to protect their rights.[10]
Sub Departments
It has IT-Design, Education Consultancy, Print & Publishing, and Financial Consultancy departments operating in Turkey, Germany, the UK, and the US.
References
- ↑ "E-Dostluk.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-02-14.
- ↑ "Hakynda". E-Dostluk. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ↑ Sovbetov, Yhlas. "E-Dostluk: Local Social Network for Turkmenistan". Management Skills and Entrepreneurship. SSRN. SSRN 2296858. Missing or empty
|url=(help) - ↑ Sovbetov, Yhlas (August 2012). "E-Dostluk: Local Social Network for Turkmenistan" (PDF). LSC Assignment: 6–8. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ↑ Sovbetov, Yhlas (August 2012). "E-Dostluk: Local Social Network for Turkmenistan" (PDF). LSC Assignment: 12. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ↑ "E-Dostluk Mobile". E-Dostluk. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ↑ Shearlaw, Maeve (2014-07-09). "From Bamboo to E-stonia: social media in the post-Soviet states". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
- ↑ "Terms & Conditions". E-Dostluk. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ Sovbetov, Yhlas (August 2012). "E-Dostluk: Local Social Network for Turkmenistan" (PDF). LSC Assignment: 9. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ↑ "Policy". E-Dostluk. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
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