Truband.com Launches Evolutionary Social Networking and Entertainment
Community
In First-of-Its-Kind Single Platform, Truband Creates Integrated and
Customized Online Experience Blending Unrivaled Mix of Social
Networking, Music, Shopping, Gaming, Quizzes and Virtual Reality
OLNEY, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Taking an evolutionary step forward in social networking entertainment,
Truband.com today launched the beta version of Truband (www.truband.com),
the first-of-its-kind online platform customized to user personality,
individual preferences and sensibilities to provide a unique and
stimulating social media experience.
?Personality-focused, customized social networking entertainment is the
new frontier for the social networking genre?
Through a combination of personality-based algorithms, Truband blends an
unrivaled mix of social media entertainment options on one platform. It
draws on familiar themes such as traditional networking and chat,
videogame-like "hidden levels," rating new music, earning online
points, taking fun quizzes, online shopping, and building communities
around common interests. This familiarity makes it easy for users to
relate to, understand, and appreciate the site as a groundbreaking next
step in bringing the social networking and online entertainment worlds
together.
Truband's creator, Prentice Johnson, has spent 20 years of his
professional career bridging the world of technology with the needs of
users. His vision has been to create a site that feels personal to each
individual, bringing together all forms of entertainment and social
media on a web-based platform that ?learns? what you enjoy, and offers
suggestions that match those interests.
?Personality-focused, customized social networking entertainment is the
new frontier for the social networking genre,? Johnson says. ?Truband is
a place to be entertained, connect with existing friends, as well as
meet new people who share common interests and characteristics. The
interaction is spontaneous and addictively fun. We have created a ?live
and let live? zone, where everyone is welcome and where commonalities
and differences are all openly on display.?
Built on a cloud-based hosting platform, Truband's research-based
technology draws from serious science to create an entertainment site
with substance. In order to customize the entertainment options to fit
each user's personality, new users take the Truband Q, a simple
36-question quiz whose results assign the user to an appropriate group,
or "band." These bands, represented by colors, serve as a visual
representation of each individual's core personality attributes. Truband
Q responses create a basis for the ongoing process of examining which
entertainment options might appeal most to each user?s tastes.
Truband's personality-generated approach to social networking integrates
a robust set of entertainment options including:
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Music Planetarium ? Where users can discover new music, hear
familiar songs and artists, and rate songs on the Truband Top 100
charts.
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Game Zone ? Where users earn Truband points playing a wide selection
of quick, engaging games.
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Bandhouse ? Where users explore and "inhabit" a sprawling virtual
mansion created exclusively for members of their personality band
family. Through chat, blogs, and surprise challenges, users can
interact with other band members who are in the same room to connect
on shared interests and have fun.
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The Mall ? Where users can apply Truband discounts to a constantly
changing variety of merchandise from Truband's retail partners.
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Live Connect ? Where users can join live chat sessions on issues of
the day, post pictures and connect with friends and those who share
things in common.
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Truband Quizzes ? Where users can enjoy quizzes created exclusively
for Truband or drawn from other sources all over the world. Users can
also create their own quizzes and share them with the Truband
community.
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Truband Mobile ? Where users can access ringtones and screensavers,
and learn more about Truband mobile apps which make it easy from any
location to stay in touch with friends, play games on the site, take
quizzes and listen to music.
Truband's staff is committed to ensuring users have a fun and secure
experience on the site, and in so doing, Truband further differentiates
itself from other social networking platforms in that a user is not
required to provide their full name to register, and may remain
anonymous overall unless they choose to disclose additional information.
Truband?s creator Prentice Johnson remarks, ?We have developed an
?opt-in? approach to personal information that truly marks a departure
from many of the social media practices that have been in place with the
opposite philosophy, that automatically opt you in sometimes without the
users? knowledge or consent.? Truband?s user security policy mirrors its
mission and operating approach, to bring people together around common
interests and spur community, open dialogue, and a new level of social
networking entertainment as it evolves into the future.
About Truband
Founded in 2007, Truband.com?s mission is to provide people with a safe
venue to experience fun and entertainment while connecting with other
users who share many of their traits, tastes, and attitudes. People use
Truband every day to keep up with friends, play games, hear new music
and share their interests with the world. True to the site's slogan,
"What's Tru About You?,? Truband celebrates diversity, community, and
fun while seeking to provide the user with a personalized experience ?
"Your Personality. Your Style. Your Way". For more information about
Truband, please visit www.truband.com.
Truband.com
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