Standards Par at Excellence for Gay Social Networking Sites

The standards of social networking sites for gays, bisexuals and curious lads set earlier are all set to change with "NRG BOYS", a social networking site for gays, bisexuals and curious lads, making its way into the market.
"NRG BOYS" has attributes that makes the site worth surfing. The surfing experience starts with a free tour after one has fulfilled the signing formalities. It details all the features of the site to the new users and provides guidelines on each part of the site. This free tour includes all elements of the site including profiles, messages, Events, shops, Casino and NRG ME.
This site also comes with features like:
1. Customizable User Area
2. SMS  enabled People Area
3. NRG Store(Avatar shop store)
4. Videos
5. NRG Me(Avatar section)
The customizable user area is also one part that interests the users as the user can customize the area or that part of the site all by oneself. Members can actually look for the services easily with an attribute like local look up helping tasks make easy.
The points to experience while surfing the site:-
Membership:- The site comes with two types of memberships:
1. Free Members
2. Premium Members
Free members have the liberty to upgrade to the premium edition availing all the features of the sites .
NRG Store(Avatar shop store):- The "NRG ME" character can shop here. The store has clothing, utilities and many more for the virtual character.
Advertising:- one of the feature that a user would be looking for and fortunately to the extent this feature has been included in the site.
Gaming:- Online games such as casino etc have also been included in the site.
The site comes with features like blogs. This part of the page enables users to write blogs and post them in this section. An E-Mail is sent to the people in one's friend list. This is one way the users can express one selves freely.
This site is surely a nutritious pack of entertainment, fun and being socially connected for gays, bisexuals and curious lads.

Use Online Avatars on Social Platforms

Are you thinking to use online avatars on social networking site? If you want to put the right impression for the first time, then special care is necessary for selecting the display image. It is just because your online profiles are accessible to all sorts of people and it may affect your personal as well as professional life to some extent.

Hereunder are some of the mistakes people commit while placing the display image on their accounts on social sites. If you are not eager to put your own image, then do not put the following images as well.

1. No photo: Do not skip your photo even if you don't want to put your image on the display section. You can use online avatars instead of your own real photographs.

2. Avoid Group Photographs: The real purpose behind display boards is to showcase your identity. Other visitors will find it hard to identify you and will not be able to connect with you totally.

3. Inorganic Objects: The members are interested to see your real personality rather than of your favorite items. If you want to connect with more number of people, you must use avatars or your own pictures.

4. Well-known Personalities: Don't present yourself for what you are not. Every individual has their own likings and can create differences online between members. So, you should avoid putting pictures of celebrities and personalities.

The best solution to fill your display board and also to represent your personality is by using online avatars. There are social platforms where you can create and upload a new avatar daily. So, present yourself by avatars to give a positive impression on others.

Brave New Worlds - Avatar and Social Media

James Cameron's Avatar has touched a nerve in our collective psyche. Much in the same vein, Social Media has exploded into our digital world, changing the landscape on how we think, react and do business.

What does Avatar and Social Media have in common? They are both brave new worlds that have captured our imagination and have connected us to each other. In a world gone wild with war, natural disasters and the human condition, we all yearn for a place (real or digital) that will give us meaning and a way to express our individuality and our humanity.

Our Primal Need

One of the most striking comparisons of Avatar and Social Media was the interconnectivity of the Na'vi to their natural habitat and to each other. Their umbilicus was a synaptic nerve cord emanating from their head in the form of a long pony tail. When physically connected to another life form, they had pure communication of thoughts and emotions, and could have a symbiotic influence on each other. Social Media networking is fulfilling that primordial need to be connected, to make our presence felt and have the ability to influence and be influenced. In essence, make our voice or vote count. We are not living and breathing avatars, but our digital networking is connecting our avatar to yours.

A modern day analogy happened in the 1960s when the youth felt disenfranchised from our society and found meaning in the proverbial "love-ins." As the beat poet of that generation, Jerry Rubin, so eloquently noted, "Don't trust anyone over 30." Those words resonated around the globe. The youth were connected through rock n roll, the Beatles, the Vietnam War, and flower power. They influenced generations and these baby boomers are still a force today.

The Bonds that Influence Us

Trust is another comparison worth noting between the Movie and Social Media. It is the glue that holds both systems together. The hero in Avatar, Jake Sully, needed to understand the rules, the customs and learn how to move in an alien world. He needed to gain the trust of the Na'vi, not just live amongst them as a intelligence gathering project. But something happened once he truly felt engaged with his mentor and love-interest, he changed and the world changed with him. Social Media has its rules of engagement and if you are to be successful you need to understand that the process takes time. Watch, learn and build trust. Be a part of an online community and actively participate.

The effectiveness of Social Media is in building relationships, making your presence felt in positive non-exploitative ways. Establish your brand of influence, offer content, suggestions, advice, reliability. In Avatar, the Sky People (aka humans) saw "gold" and wanted to mine it, regardless of the environmental impact. Bulldozing your way through the jungle with purely self-interest objectives is counter productive. Short term gains, long term angst.

Standing Ten Feet Tall and Blue

Social Media enhances your brand image and makes you stand out from your competition and be that 10 foot tall blue Avatar. Take the time to understand it, cultivate it and fall in love with it. Enjoy the experience.