Move Over Facebook: Check Out New Social Network The Portalz

By Megan Weyrauch on September 11, 2014

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Build your own private social network and create user accounts for others with ThePortalz.com, a new and unique social network.

Setting itself apart from other social networks through a major change in methodology, The Portalz aims to revolutionize social networking, according to this press release.

Formally launched this past summer, ThePortalz.com aims to offer only the best in responsibility, privacy, safety and collaboration.

So how does this new site work? Unlike your common social media sites, individuals cannot directly sign up for a user account–all user accounts are rather created by an Administrator and can be real names or nicknames.

For instance, you can sign up for an Administrative account and then you are given the power to create and manage a user account not only for yourself but also on behalf of others.

In other words, all members of ThePortalz.com receive their user accounts by either creating one for themselves as an Administrator or by having someone else who is already an Administrator create one for them.

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The reason for this? Such a process paves the way for other unique social networking features. For example, all user accounts that are created by the same Administrator are automatically grouped together to form a private social network.

According to the press release, interaction between users within a private social network is separate and distinct from interaction between users within an age-based community, allowing for private networking.

The Portalz has three age-based communities for socializing–tween, teen and adult–and each user account is assigned to one of these communities at the time it is created.

The teenage co-founder of The Portalz, Julianna Yee, said that the site features are very similar to most social networks but are also very different because the site is based on control.

“Socializing within a community of peers makes great sense and having the additional choice to communicate separately within your own private social network is outstanding,” Yee said. “Our unique process makes this possible.”

In addition, another channel of communication called a “Linked Private Social Network” can be created by joining two or more different private social networks together as a single unit. This allows members to have access to exclusive social interaction that is above and beyond communications within an assigned community or independent private social network. 

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The company’s other founder, Bill Yee, said that college students are the ones taking charge in creating these private social networks.

“They are signing up for multiple Administrative Accounts with each having different sets of created user accounts, one set for their family members to use and the other for friends who share common interests and activities,” Yee said. “It is acceptable to have multiple Administrative Accounts and more than one user account so long as site rules are followed and responsibility is exercised.”

With support from a member of the House of Representatives, Jim Himes, The Portalz is one site you should check out regardless of which other social media sites you use.

“If anyone currently has an account with another social network like Facebook or LinkedIn, then they should sign-up with us as well because you give up nothing and have much to gain,” Julianna Yee said. “It doesn’t have to be a one-or-another kind of decision. All information has importance, and being able to determine how and with whom you can interact gives it value.”

If having control over your information is important to you, take The Portalz for a test drive–sign up for free today!

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