Zivity.com, The New Adult Social Site
Zivity.com is a new social network that has been generating a lot of buzz over the last few days. It is different from the common “social network” sites like Facebook or Myspace because to start they charge you a subscription fee and, it also features lots of nude photos.
Some of you might compare it to other adult sites like AdultFriendFinder or Xtube, but this new site is backed by big venture capital. This new site will be a challenge for Scott Banister co-founder of the site. As you know, it is very, very, very easy to find porn online, not only just nudes but more explicit pictures.
“We are believers, and so are our new investors, in this big shift that’s going on in entertainment. … [MySpace] is actually the largest photography site in the world. What they have, uniquely, is all of this photographic content in the context of a social environment,” Banister told ABCNews.com.
“It’s a social network built around who took the photographs. We look at that and we see a huge opportunity to enter that same market, but with a subscription-only model.”
In order to be a part of Zivity.com you must register and pay a monthly fee of $10. You then can see and rate various nude women pictures. The rest is quite simple – if you are accustomed to social networks – you can connect with people, make friends. The idea is that this is a win-win situation for people to watch pictures of women and for photographers and models to earn money. The photographers and models get paid according to the number of votes.
“If you look at traditional media, obviously nudity clearly has its place,” he said. “Certainly it works on the ‘L Word’ and ‘Weeds’ and ‘Sex and the City.’ New York Magazine can have Lindsay Lohan.”
Zivity.com this way is also ad-free “When you’re 100 percent supported by advertisers you’re kind of in a strait jacket. We’re trying to create a social network environment that doesn’t have to play into that strait jacket. … We’ve sent the advertisers packing.”
Right now the waiting list is of 30,000 people. You can also be on the waiting list of beta testers at Zivity.com
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