Netropolitan Club

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Netropolitan Club was a social network created by composer and performer James Touchi-Peters, which launched September 15, 2014, and shutdown in November of 2014. It was designed for use exclusively by wealthy people. [1] The website has a sign-up fee of U$9.000,00 and an annual fee of U$3.000,00 for renewing one's membership. [2]

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Shutdown after two months

After only approximately two months the site was deemed a failure. [3]

Distinguishing features

Touchi-Peters founded Netropolitan Club so that wealthy people could have a place to network with other wealthy people, and share their activities as well as discuss their first world problems without alienating poorer people or engendering a backlash. [2] With this goal in mind, the Netropolitan Club had the following distinguishing features: [4]

Media coverage

Netropolitan Club has been covered in International Business Times , [1] the Los Angeles Times , [2] the Express Tribune , [5] NPR, [6] Inc. , [7] and the Huffington Post . [8] A CNN commented that it sounded like "an elaborate ruse in an age when Facebook, Twitter and a host of other social networks are free". [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 Herman, Barbara (September 15, 2014). "Netropolitan: Social Networking For Rich People" . Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Mitchell, Russ (September 15, 2014). "Netropolitan.club: A Facebook for rich people" . Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  3. ↑ USA Today: 2014: Year of the Uber-ing of everything
  4. ↑ "About The Netropolitan Club". Netropolitan Club. Archived from the original on September 27, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Netropolitan: Social network for the rich costs $9000 to join". Express Tribune . September 22, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Netropolitan: Facebook For Rich People". NPR. September 17, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  7. ↑ Montini, Laura (September 18, 2014). "$9000 Will Get You a Membership to This New Social Network. Netropolitan aims to be the go-to forum where wealthy people can have discussions--without being harassed by less well-heeled folk". Inc. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  8. ↑ Rundle, Michael (September 18, 2014). "Netropolitan, AKA 'Facebook For Rich People', Costs £5,500 To Join". Huffington Post (UK). Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Facebook -- for rich people (for just $9,000)", CNN, 16 Sept 2014. Accessed 27 Oct 2014
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