FictionCity

FictionCity is a social networking service created in 2011.[1] The service provides the facilities for artists to display their work through a multimedia portfolio, and for employers to hire artists, in the nine disciplines supported by the platform.[2]

FictionCity
TypePrivate
IndustrySocial Networking
Founded2011
Founders
Headquarters
Buenos Aires
,
Argentina
Number of locations
6
Websitehttp://www.fictioncity.net

FictionCity is a geosocial network. The platform integrates geolocation tools allowing users to connect and coordinate with local people, ateliers or events that match their interests.[3] The website is translated into twelve languages.[2]

The company was founded and its principal offices remain located, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[4] It also has offices in San Pablo, Santiago de Chile, Miami, Mexico City and Barcelona.

The service was created by the Argentine computer engineer, Silvio Pestrin Farina,.[5][6] The company was reportedly created with an initial investment of $1 million and just three months later was already worth $18 million.[4]

Appliance FICCY

FictionCity is constituted in 2014 as the creator of Appliance FICCY.

The Appliance "FICCY" is connected to the datacenter of the acquirer, registers the information generated by users and intelligently organizes the information to address product proposals to the end users. At the same time it enables the company to provide high impact advertising and services in real time. The appliance is capable of distinguishing the different channels (connections) to the end users (Mobile or web) and act accordingly.

Business Context / Main Highlights

The most important Internet players, Facebook and Google, offer their products and services for free for one simple reason. "Users are the product." The new business model paradigm relays on the capability of obtaining as much as possible profit from the use of this information. Monitoring the users and making an interpretation of what these users are doing on the Internet are the two key drivers.

References
  1. "Like Facebook, but with Artists". Emprendador XXI: Argentina. 17 April 2011. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  2. "Social networks open up new opportunities for artists to promote themselves". Yahoo News. 18 April 2011. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  3. "Los artistas se encuentran con la tecnología". Endiciones Especiales. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  4. Bonelli, Matthew (18 June 2011). "Lanzaron un 'Facebook argentino' exclusivo para artistas". Diario de Cultura. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  5. Rua, Martina (24 April 2011). "Las redes sociales "a medida", nuevo fenómeno para relacionarse en la Web". Diario Perfil. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  6. "Crean red social que impulsa el arte". El Pais. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
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