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GayRomeo

GayRomeo the largest is according to own data also over 560.000 users registered world-wide German-language Chat and Contact portal for gay, bi and transsexuelle Men in the Internet. The portal was created in October 2002 and since at the beginning of 2005 of that Berlin Company PlanetRomeo GmbH operated. In September 2006 the enterprise of the portal is on those Amsterdamer Company PlanetRomeo B.V. changed over, around criminal problems due to compared with other European countries the stricter Protection of children and young people regulations to avoid in Germany.[1]

Under the name of the operator company Planetromeo the portal can be called also in graphically a version neutrally held or as small, inconspicuous measuringclose, which at computer places with reduced privacy or potenzieller data control - for instance on the job, in the hotel or Internetcafé - can to be meaningful. Beyond that photographies with pornographischen contents can be switched into a blind mode, which facilitates the Surfen with Gayromeo to specified places the above.

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Spreading

The majority of the users comes from the German-speaking countries. By extension of the surface up English, Netherlands, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Swedish Language could be won increased also international users.

Sometimes due to the high number of members GayRomeo also „gays the residents' registration office is called “or following the industry book „the blue sides “. GayRomeo achieves almost all social and vocational layers. Those taz wrote in addition bitingly „Those Pink lists again there are “[2]. The spreading degree varies, as during the general Internet use also, depending upon age group, education conditions and other criteria. The offer is taken up also by politicians of all parties. The Member of the Bundestag Peoples Beck (Alliance 90/Die the Green) the possibility used of holding during the election to the Bundestag fight 2005 virtual citizen consulting hours.

Announced users to countries
Country User
Germany 297.295
Italy 28.285
Switzerland 25.703
France 22.901
Austria 20.254
Spain 16.481
The Netherlands 14.618
Great Britain 12.630
The USA/Canada 11.183
Belgium 9.640
World-wide 563.679
of it Europe 503.888
Conditions: 28. May 2008[3]

Function mode

Registration and internal communication

Both the registration and the current use of GayRomeo take place anonymous and free of charge. During the registration on the basis an input mask an individual profile is provided, which can contain personal data own as well as one or more pictures. Optionally both sexual preferences and cultural interests can be faded in. Law-adverse or predominantly commercially aligned profiles are not permitted. GayRomeo is to transsexuellen men excluding gays of age, bi and at the disposal. Profiles, with which the data do not correspond to these criteria obviously, are deleted.

A goal of the profile is the conception of the own person and the establishment of contact for virtual communication, to the common leisure activities or to the Sex. Many GayRomeo see user not only as portal for the preparation of Sexkontakten, but as interactive medium or stifling Network, in order to maintain friendly contacts, to attach as well as Smalltalk with unknown quantities to hold.

GayRomeo is not Chatroom in the actual sense, since sent messages cannot be read by all logged in Usern. Messages and own pictures can be sent only by the respective Usern to other individual profiles. Own approved pictures are observable only on the profile side for all. The side functions thus rather as measuringclose. Of importance GayRomeo is thereby for many gays in towns and rural regions, since here usually no established meeting places exist.

Club and industry book entries

Apart from the Message function GayRomeo offers the possibility of meeting over the membership in virtual clubs or over industry book entries on Gleichgesinnte. So the master clientele of a tavern can or Sauna their profiles with an entry of this institution left, in a forum exchange themselves with one another or its support for the institution publicly tell-do.

There are likewise clubs for the trailers of certain parties, faith directions, sexual preferences, Fetischen or leisure interests arranges. Also the fans of prominent persons or the trailers of different music directions can together-find themselves in such a way. With these functions user can set determined characteristics also in their profile, so that they can be found faster by other Usern, which look for these characteristics. In principle it is open each user to create a club with GayRomeo.

Auxiliary offers

GayRomeo contains still further offers apart from these basic functions, like information too Safer Sex and left to magazines for gays. Determined functions, as for instance the graphic organization of the own profile, the search for recently high-loaded pictures and the possibility, the side SSL-coded to call, the users can use against a monthly payment. Since without the side completely advertisement one does, GayRomeo finances itself mostly by these incomes.

Controversies to GayRomeo

Fakerproblematik and reality

As protection approximately Faker offers GayRomeo confirmation system, with which users, who can mark themselves personally, their profiles accordingly and increase depending upon admitting heating degrees the reliability of their user profile, as well as the status as „a plus user “, who can prove itself because of the for this liable to pay the costs entrance separately. More common than the pretense of another identity however wrong data are to age, figure, Safer Sex behavior or showing outdated or wrong photos. It also occurs that a material person puts on itself several warrants of apprehension under different aliases and logs in depending upon motivation with another profile, thus relates itself the user numbers however only insignificant, since the operator punishes such proceedings with barrier also by active assistance all user.

Safer Sex

In order to meet the frequent reproaches that platforms would promote such as GayRomeo purposeful meetings from men to the Sex without condom, GayRomeo informs this also about risks as Barebacking designated behavior and gets the own point of view straight in addition. However no larger editorial interferences or a censorship take place, in order to prevent an open publicising of unprotected sexual intercourse through third. GayRomeo places information to that German AIDS assistance ready and it permits users to filter with its searches for potenziellen Sexpartnern such those from itself maintains and/or. do not maintain to always operate Safer Sex.

Since that 1. February 2007 offers through particularly trained coworkers of different prevention projects to GayRomeo in co-operation with the AIDS assistance on-line consultation about heaving/CAIDS, hepatitis and other one sexually transferable illnesses on.

Source data

  1. ↑ Self-indication of the portal
  2. ↑ taz.de: Dangerously high Datingfaktor
  3. ↑ User overview of Gayromeo, for all announced users observably

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