A few months after
that hit song, armed with the transformational power of technology, a 15 year
old high school student, Terkura Ephraim Unongo, has changed the story. Now the
whole wide world is beaming the search light on the supposed wild, wild west
where a replica of the social media platforms transforming world information
today like facebook, twitter, Instagram among others is sprouting from. Call it
history in the making; one may not be far from the truth because IMONGO social
network, created by the 15 year old student of Hillcrest School Jos, is taking
J town by storm.
Why
Imongo
The Imongo, (www.theimongo.com), is a social discovery, social
entertainment, and social informative network that enables people from all
walks of life to come together in one online community, discover new friends,
connect with the people in their life, share, discover music, videos &
movies, pictures, and keep in touch with what’s happening locally and
internationally.
Currently the social site has attracted over 2900 members. According
to Unongo, “Imongo is my first step in the realization of my dream to make a
change that will bring about positive developments towards my nation Nigeria
Experience
I have always played around on the Internet, building websites
for people and using social media to market them. But one night while watching
CNN I thought over a lot of things watching the white man do wonders in this
digital age, such wonders which include, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, and
others, then I convinced myself that I will build a social network and take it
one step at a time to eventually make it worthy of competition with Facebook
and others.
Due to my knowledge of HTML, CSS and a bit of JavaScript I built
the Imongo on the GROU.PS Platform so I could be realizing a part of my dream
while advancing in Java, PHp, jQuery, and others in order to truly prepare to
build a world class social network.
Desire
I had always desired to see myself in the history books as that
African, that Nigerian who made great impact in the digital age by creating a
social utility that will become worthy of competition with digital age wonders.
features of Imongo
Imongo like other social sites has specific features, including:
Profiles – where each member of Imongo has own Profile to
identity where he or she can choose what to share, and how to share it.
Feed – The feed is a feature that is similar to a Newsfeed
allowing members to view what’s going on with others online. Imongo’s original
newsfeed allows its members to choose if they want to see what the whole of
Imongo is up to, or what their friends are doing.
Users are also allowed to use the, “@” symbol to mention others
in their posts, or use the “#” symbol to tag their posts.
Activity Points – a simple way for members to be ranked in
points according to their various activities carried out on Imongo, this also
enables users to gain more popularity on the, “People” page giving them an
opportunity to get noticed by other members.
Activity Points are also used as a rewarding system during times
when competitions are run on Imongo.
Blogs – the easy way for members to stay informed about various
topics or write on subjects that interest them.
Wiki – The interactive learning section of Imongo where members
can view and create informative pages relating to different topics. This
feature also allows members to choose whether they want to leave their pages
open for editing, or if they want to lock it down from editing.
Pics – Section for photo albums, members can view various
galleries on different places, people, or just everyday life. Members can also
choose to share pictures of their own.
Vids – A free place to watch movies, music videos, comedy, etc.
The Video page enables members to add, share and/or watch videos
from other sites just by simply putting in the link of the video in spaces
provided, members can also share their own videos by uploading directly from
their computers.
Chat – This feature allows everyone online at that moment on
Imongo to come together in one chat room where to chat with people that are
their friends. This feature also enables users who want to go one-on-one to
chat privately.
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