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Not like conventional social networking websites, facade.ning.com provides an online community for like-minded peoples to interact, critique, share their talents and collaborate.
There are lots of social networking webpages on the Internet, some of them are professional, some of them are social and some others that feed to a more specific demographic. Facade.ning.com is one such website, and feeds specifically to photographers, fine artists and art lovers. In this context, the term art refers to conventional visual ones, such as paintings and drawings, as well as other art forms such as music, writing, video, graphic art and photography.
Signing in the facade.ning.com art community
Alike other social networking websites, an artist or photographer or an art lover can create a Facade.ning.com user account for out of charge, which grants them to set up a personal profile webpage. On this special profile page (my page), artists and photographers can upload their works (photography or artwork) and videos. User pages can be arranged into different layouts, with special webpages for various media.
Members can also make webpages for blog entries and personal works. This grants people to utilize facade.ning.com as a sort of online portfolio which can be easily shared and seen with other individuals on the facade.ning.com network, as well as visitors to the website.
Networking facilities on facade.ning.com
Alike other social networking websites, facade.ning users create a user name, and a profile picture to represent the user. Such facility gives a security to the user, and artists are not obliged to share personal details. Facade.ning users are also capable to invite or send friends request and can make friends with other artists.
The social networking concept of facade.ning.com is assisted when users communicate with one another through commenting and messaging on each other's work. Users are allowed to send notifications and emails and interact through personal blogs and forms.
