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Evolved from the small community site Enternexus.com, created by [[Timo Ewalds]], '''Nexopia.com''' is an [[Edmonton]]-based website, designed primarily for people aged 14 and up (accounts with users that are proven to be under age are deleted), that allows its users to design their own profiles with pictures and interact with each other via private messages, comments and forums. The website used to contain a "Rate Your Picture" feature on users' profiles, but it was taken down from lack of use (less than 1% of users voted on it). The picture rating system also experienced many different ways of cheating. At first, the picture rating was on a users profile itself, but because of various problems with up-voting and down-voting, it was made random. Once it was made random, the amount of use the feature received dropped to well below 1% of the sites population.
The popularity and preference of Nexopia.Com is rapidly gaining, and constant updates keep Nexopia on the cutting edge. "This is a new way to use the internet, and its user supported without advertising gimics or credit cards. Uniquely Canadian." - Mike Richard, ekimdrachir on Nexopia
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==Nexopia in the Media==
Recently, Nexopia.com has come under attack from various media outlets, which criticize the site for having sexually suggestive content on user profiles and forums, as well as the potential for attracting pedophiles. However, administrators for the site have countered that parents ought to be responsible for their own child's safety, and have posted an advice section on its main page, giving safety tips to the site's users. They also provide many tools to help protect the users. No nudity, racism, violence or gore are allowed in any of the forums or profiles, and all profile pictures are checked by moderators for content before being allowed up on a users page. The rule of thumb used by picture and content moderators is that if it is not allowed in public, it is not allowed on the site. Nexopia has also changed its rules regarding official user pictures. If the picture can be in any way perceived as sexually explicit, or suggestive, it will not be allowed on a users page.
Like any new thing, Nexopia is criticized through misunderstanding. Feedback over the last 2 years has been astounding and more and more people realize Nexopia is about more than just meeting people and adding them to your friends list. There is a complex social system of productivity. Forums supply endless amounts of discussion on topics that you are interested in.
==Forums==
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