The user has to press a second 'share with friends' button to share an item on their wall or send it via private message to a friend. Liked content doesn't get automatically pushed to the user's wall, but is saved in the private Favorites section instead. VK like buttons for posts, comments, media and external sites operate in a different way from Facebook. The third type of community is called Events, which are used for organizing concerts and events in an appropriate way. The two types are largely interchangeable, the main difference being in the default settings. Public pages is a news feed-orientated broadcasting tool for celebrities and businesses. Groups are better suited for decentralised communities (discussion-boards, wiki-style articles, editable by all members, etc.). The site features a news-recommendation engine, global real-time search and individual search for posts and comments on specific users' walls. The news feed can be switched between all news (default) and most interesting modes. In case of multiple photo-attachments the previews are automatically scaled and arranged in a magazine-style layout. User mentions and hashtags are supported. VK users can post on their profile walls, each post may contain up to 10 attachments – media files, maps, and documents (see above). Each message may contain up to 10 attachments: Photos, Videos, Audio Files, Maps (an embedded map with a manually placed marker), and Documents. An email address can also be specified as the recipient. VK Private Messages can be exchanged between groups of 2 to 500 people. VK updated its features and design on April 2016. VK features an advanced search engine, that allows complex queries for finding friends, as well as a real-time news search. The site allows its users to upload, search and stream media content, such as videos and music. VK also has tools for managing online communities and celebrity pages. Īs with most social networks, the site's core functionality is based around private messaging and sharing photos, status updates and links with friends. Īccording to SimilarWeb, VK is the 14th most visited website in the world. The network was also popular in Ukraine until it was banned by its parliament in 2017.
It is the most popular website in Russia.
Īs of August 2018, VK had at least 500 million accounts. VK allows users to message each other publicly or privately create groups, public pages, and events share and tag images, audio, and video and play browser-based games. VK is available in multiple languages but it is predominantly used by Russian-speakers. VK (short for its original name VKontakte Russian: ВКонта́кте, meaning InContact) is a Russian online social media and social networking service based in Saint Petersburg. October 10, 2006 15 years ago ( ) in Saint Petersburg, Russia 90+ languages, including Russian, Ukrainian and English
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