- Taringa!
Infobox Website
name = Taringa!
icon = taringa_favicon.png
caption = Taringa! homepage.
url = http://www.taringa.net
commercial = Yes
type =Social network service
language = Spanish
registration = Free
owner = WIROOS SRL
author = Alberto Nakayama, Hernán Botbol, Matías Botbol
launch date = flagicon|Argentina January 2004
current status = Active
slogan = Inteligencia Colectiva
alexa = 211Taringa! is a
virtual community fromArgentina created in 2004 by Fernando Saez and acquired in November 2006 by Alberto Nakayama and theBotbol brothers (Matías and Hernán). In Taringa!, users can share all kinds of topics throughposts . This site is aWeb 2.0 website.Taringa! does not allow the publication of explicit material as a new site was created of similar appearance called Poringa!, In which users can publish this sort of content. While Poringa! Is a completely separate site, its users and moderators are the same as in Taringa!
The fame of both sites has grown largely thanks to appearance in national media for various reasons, to name: the meeting of a boy with his father, after 25 years in less than 24 hours, or the video source intimate Wanda Nara, a famous argentinian model, whose post had more than 2 million hits and had an impact on television and magazines for several months.
ystem Users
All
User s-with the exception of freshmen-have a certain amount of points with which to evaluate collaborations (posts) outside. Each time a user votes a post, the author sees increased its scoring staff, which over time allows you to climb in the range of users.The ranges or types of users are:
* Administrator: Managers have the same privileges as moderators but also are responsible for the continuing development of the site in technical matters.
* Moderator: a moderator is responsible for maintaining order, peace and respect in Taringa!, Paying attention to protocol. There are 35 items per day.
* Great User: is a prize for those who deserve it, there was no specific criteria for the award and the only difference with New Full Users or is Full Users who have 17 points a day.
* Full User: the same privileges as New Full Users. It's called Full Users those who were registered before release of Taringa 3! (March 2007). Every day can give 12 points.
* New Full User: after obtaining 50 points in a single post the freshmen become New Full Users and can make full use of Taringa!, Including comments and post in the general section. They have 10 points per day to qualify for other post.
* Newbie: Users are newcomers to the community. Its activity is restricted to post and comment under section freshmen, but their access to the site's content is complete. They can not give points.Name
Reportedly the name of Taringa! came from a zoo, an ape made a noise like "Tah-Inga", it sounded funny and striking so was decided to put that name.
There is a suburb in Queensland, Australia called Taringa. In aboriginal language, "Taringa" means "tarau" (stones) and "nga" (made out of).
Also Taringa.net is almost an
anagram forArgentina External links
* [http://www.taringa.net Site Taringa!]
* [http://www.diarioperfil.com.ar/edimp/0233/articulo.php?art=5702&ed=0233 The phenomenon Taringa in Perfil] (Buenos Aires)
* [http://www.telam.com.ar/vernota.php?tipo=N&idPub=97903&id=217520&dis=1&sec=1 Social networks are gaining ground in Argentina, Telam]
* [http://criticadigital.com.ar/impresa/index.php?secc=nota&nid=531 Taringa The phenomenon! Crítica]
* [http://taringa.net/posts/offtopic/1057216/Taringa!-tercera-en-la-encuesta-de-Rolling-Stone.html Taringa! Third in the survey of Rolling Stone]
* [http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/12/21/sociedad/s-06001.htm The case of Gonzalo Pazos in Clarin]
* [http://www.techtear.com/2007/01/13/taringanet-produciendo-improductividad/ Taringa! In TechTear.com]
* [http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/01/05/conexiones/t-01339389.htm Is the Internet is killing the erotic magazines?, Clarín]
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