Dol2day
Type of business | Privately held company |
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Type of site | Social network, Virtual community |
Available in | German |
Headquarters | Berlin, Wesel Germany |
Owner | Karl-Heinz Hildebrandt, Markus Schaal |
Founder(s) | Arash Yalpani, Torsten Marek, Andreas Hauser, Oliver Specht, Bartosz Plodowski |
URL | www |
Registration | Required |
Launched | May 15, 2000 |
Current status | Active |
dol2day is a
dol2day provides several features for its members (“Doler”). Users are able to keep and maintain a personal page. This page contains information about their name, age, contact details, interests, friends list, political preferences and group as well as virtual party memberships within dol2day. Doler also have the option to upload a photo on their personal page. dol2day is comparable to other
Users can start public-opinion polls about political and social topics. In these polls all Doler are able to discuss the issue and to evaluate articles by other member.
Doler are accessed to vote an “Internet Chancellor” for a period of four months. In 2000 the election of the "Internet Chancellor" on the website received significant media attention in Germany.[1][2] This “Internet Chancellor” organizes chats with politicians and other celebrities (e.g. Franz Müntefering, Christian Wulff, Günter Verheugen) and starts referendums to develop the community. But the ultimate decision makers are the owner of dol2day. From time to time Dolers hold local real-life meet-ups.
During the 2002 German federal election the Christian Democratic Union of Germany launched their own online community, which was criticised for supposedly plagiarising the concept of Dol2day.[3][4]
See also
References
- ^ Krempl, Stefan. ""Ich vertrete die Generation @"". heise online.
- ^ Müller, Marion (July 23, 2000). "Die Christdemokraten regieren wieder - im Internet". Die Welt.
- ^ Kleinz, Torsten. "Offene Plattform oder Plagiat?". heise online.
- ^ Fries, Meike (May 2, 2002). "CDU-"Wahlkreis 300": Wer falsch sät, erntet Ärger - DER SPIEGEL - Netzwelt". Der Spiegel.