Users are encouraged to use their real names and free accounts offer only two photos – one for yourself and one for your company’s logo for example. There’s a professional but stylish look and feel to Jake. Unlike others that discourage independent commercial activity, this site encourages users to advertise their own businesses and directly monetize their involvement with the site. The company reports almost 30,000 members sending two million messages to each other over the past year and attending exclusive real world events together. Jake calls itself the world’s largest gay professional community.
I tried to note the ones where the guys were particularly hot. Maybe they’ll be a look inside a niche market for some of our readers and maybe they’ll be links of love for others. You can take or leave my reviews of them. I won’t pretend to speak for gay men and I’m sure there are some sites I’m missing, but these appear to be the most talked about gay male social networking sites online. Just as there’s a wide diversity of gay men in the world, there may well be ample room for a variety of gay male social networking sites – presuming they are able to build sufficient critical mass for monetization and financial viability. From the proudly professional to the happily hedonistic, there may be something on this list for everyone – or at least everyone who’s a gay man.Īs you can see by the following short profiles, these sites targeting a demographic with two traits in common (gay men) are all very different. Many people want to participate in social networks, but many people prefer networks set up for people they can relate to. Niche social networks are likely a viable business because they allow specialized functionality and a subjective community feel as opposed to general interest sites that defer to either the lowest common denominator or the 15-25 year old demographic.
It lead us to take a look around the gay male online social networking space and write the following overview of some of the current market leaders. We were contacted today by the founder of the soon to launch social network for gay men.
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