Netropolitan Club
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. 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.
Shutdown after two months
After only approximately two months the site was deemed a failure.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. With this goal in mind, the Netropolitan Club had the following distinguishing features:- High membership fees, that served to automatically filter out people who are not wealthy.
- Members were required to be over 21 and to use their real names.
- There was no third-party advertising. Members were to be able to post in an upcoming Classified Ads system, but were not allowed to solicit from other members in private messages.
- The entire club was inaccessible to the public Internet. Efforts were made to enhance privacy and security, and names of members were not revealed to the outside world.
- Activity was monitored to protect members from abuse or unpleasant situations, and there were Member Services Associates available online to help members at any time.