Nexopia.com - MySpace: The Clean and 14+ Version

Social Networking has always been a thing dominated by the 18 and older crowd and burdened by scantily clad girls and bong-hitting boys. Nexopia intends to take the risqué out of social networking and bring back good- ole fashion online gathering and friend finding. Established by a hobby-programmer in the colds of Edmonton, Canada, Nexopia is aimed primarily at teens in their earlier years—14 and older. It’s like Myspace, with all the usual features: profiles, blogs, friends list, galleries, and forums But it’s also got some rules of advice pasted on the front page. These are common sense lines like “Don’t record yourself in a compromising fashion”, or “Don’t ever give out personal information on your Profile or to Strangers.” Granted, photos of mild drugs are accept to a degree. However, all profile pics are checked before going up.There’s even a Kids Help phone listed if you think you’re in over your head and could use some counseling. Currently it’s Canadian based, but it’s toll free and open 24 hours.

“Since 2003, Nexopia.com has been picking up speed. As one of the fastest growing social networks in Canada, over 1,000,000 users have signed onto Nexopia.”

Nexopia is a refreshing choice for kids wanting to get their social networking on. It offers kids help and has stringent policies regarding appropriate conduct and interaction. Nexopia also caters to a an audience that was largely overlooked in the social networking field.

Despite it’s clean image, Nexopia has had its share of controversy . Will parents in the states find fault with Nexopia like their Canadian peers? Will kids want to use a site that limits their conduct when MySpace is just as easy and more popular to join?