{"id":569333,"date":"2010-05-18T21:00:47","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T01:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=120695"},"modified":"2010-05-18T21:00:47","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T01:00:47","slug":"video-togetherville-tries-to-make-a-safe-social-network-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/569333","title":{"rendered":"Video: Togetherville Tries to Make a Safe Social Network for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/togetherville.com\">Togetherville<\/a>, a new social network created for parents and kids, launched its public beta this evening. A tough challenge lays ahead for the startup as it tries to balance creating a safe environment for kids, building trust for parents, and &#8212; oh yeah &#8212; making it fun so that people will actually want to use it.<\/p>\n<p>Mandeep S. Dhillon, Togetherville CEO, gave us a video demo of how his service works and talked about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How the company will use virtual currency to monetize\n<\/li>\n<li>Leveraging parents&#8217; existing Facebook social graph\n<\/li>\n<li>The precautions the company is taking to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coppa.org\/coppa.htm\">COPPA-compliant <\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Using real-world &#8212; not anonymous &#8212; identities for children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/player.ooyala.com\/player.js?width=600&#038;height=336&#038;embedCode=R1d29lMTp-uUYBu75lRh-ljaovKmT4W-\"><\/script><noscript><object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" id=\"ooyalaPlayer_1koa8_g9c84u4c\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" codebase=\"http:\/\/fpdownload.macromedia.com\/get\/flashplayer\/current\/swflash.cab\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/player.ooyala.com\/player.swf?embedCode=R1d29lMTp-uUYBu75lRh-ljaovKmT4W-&#038;version=2\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"embedType=noscriptObjectTag&#038;embedCode=R1d29lMTp-uUYBu75lRh-ljaovKmT4W-\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/player.ooyala.com\/player.swf?embedCode=R1d29lMTp-uUYBu75lRh-ljaovKmT4W-&#038;version=2\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" name=\"ooyalaPlayer_1koa8_g9c84u4c\" align=\"middle\" play=\"true\" loop=\"false\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" flashvars=\"&#038;embedCode=R1d29lMTp-uUYBu75lRh-ljaovKmT4W-\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/go\/getflashplayer\"><\/embed><\/object><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Togetherville has been in the works for three years and received an undisclosed amount of funding from <a href=\"http:\/\/floodgate.com\/\">Floodgate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more on the social network landscape, read Liz&#8217;s in-depth piece <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/2010\/04\/theres-no-stopping-facebook\/\">There&#8217;s No Stopping Facebook<\/a> over at our subscription research service, <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\">GigaOM Pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=1149864&#038;post=120695&#038;subd=gigaom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\n\t<a href='http:\/\/gigaom.com\/sponsor\/alcatel-lucent\/?utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=Banner&amp;utm_campaign=RSS%2BLucent'><br \/>\n\t\t<img src='http:\/\/a.gigaom.com\/feed-injector\/img\/lucent-2010-05-17.gif' alt='Alcatel-Lucent NextGen Communications Spotlight &mdash; Learn More &raquo;' border='0' \/><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=cnts3OVTsak:XVrJ_7m56MA:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=cnts3OVTsak:XVrJ_7m56MA:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=cnts3OVTsak:XVrJ_7m56MA:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=cnts3OVTsak:XVrJ_7m56MA:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=cnts3OVTsak:XVrJ_7m56MA:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=cnts3OVTsak:XVrJ_7m56MA:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=cnts3OVTsak:XVrJ_7m56MA:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=cnts3OVTsak:XVrJ_7m56MA:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~4\/cnts3OVTsak\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Togetherville, a new social network created for parents and kids, launched its public beta this evening. 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