Social network "Classmates". "Odnoklassniki.ru" - social network

The Internet has long opened up unlimited opportunities for communication. Arrange these opportunities and make them accessible, convenient and interesting on one resource were the creators of the site "Classmates".

Initially created to enable users to find those with whom they studied, worked or made friends, the site gradually grew to a quality and full-fledged social portal. At the moment, the social network "Odnoklassniki" is used by approximately 50 million people, which is one third of the population of Russia. Daily the site is visited by about 10 million users, which indicates the extremely high popularity of the Internet resource.

Why is the site so popular?

"Classmates. Ru »is a social network with a bright interface, convenient navigation and a lot of services and sections that allow not only to find your old friends, classmates, colleagues and colleagues, but also to post your photos and your favorite music. And also find like-minded people and join a community of interests, where you can find a lot of useful information and share your knowledge. Thanks to this, its profile in "Odnoklassniki" is easy and convenient to turn into a cozy and colorful world of your own, where it is so pleasant to communicate with old friends, make new acquaintances and share your hobbies and interests with people who are close in spirit.

"Classmates": a bit of history

The social network "Odnoklassniki" has long been a part of our life. Hardly anyone now remembers those times when this portal did not exist. In fact, the site appeared not so long ago. Its creator - programmer Albert Popkov - began work on it in 2000. The work went on for a long time and was not easy. The project was launched in March 2006, and by the summer about 9 million people were registered on the site.

Initially, registration was paid, but already in 2008 the fee was canceled, which attracted even more users to Odnoklassniki.

According to Popkov himself, the site did not bring any profit until 2009, when as the social network expanded, many advertisers did not come here. Only then did the developer's revenues start to grow.

The founder and his team had a hard time: in addition to the fact that the "Classmates" gave rise to a lot of rumors and suspicions of their belonging to the special services, Popkov was accused of plagiarism by an English company where he started drafting the project. However, he managed to prove that "Classmates" have no analogues abroad, since the resource was created taking into account all the features of the Russian mentality.

Despite all the turmoil, the popularity of the portal is steadily growing, and now the site is among the top three most visited network resources. At the moment the site "Odnoklassniki" belongs to the company Mail.Ru, so for its visitors more and more convenient services are created.

Registration on "Classmates"

The site offers many opportunities for interesting and versatile communication. After registration, the following options and services become available to the user:

• Convenient and quick search for friends, co-workers, classmates (it is enough to indicate the number of the school, school or place of work);
• The ability to upload your favorite photos and rate users' photos;
• Convenient correspondence with friends and acquaintances, both in chat and in private channels;
• The opportunity to communicate and make new acquaintances;
• The right to share with your friends your favorite music and videos;
• The opportunity to join various communities of interest.

To start communicating in a varied and high-grade manner, it's enough to go through several stages of registration:

1. Go on the website. Until registration, it will be closed, only the "Register" button will be available.
2. After clicking on it, the registration form will appear.
3. You need to fill out this form, specifying the gender, name and surname, date of birth and city of residence.
4. To come up with a login and a password (they must be quite complex, as the pages of users of social networks often crack).
5. Click on the button "Register in Classmates".

And that's all! The address is www. Classmates (the social network of your dreams) will be available. And the user will have the opportunity to fill out his profile and start communication. However, before that, you need to make a confirmation to get access to all the services and services of the site. For this you need:

1. Go to "Classmates" and open a notification about the activation of the profile.
2. An activation form will appear where you need to enter your phone number and confirm it.
3. After a while, an SMS message with a unique code will appear on the specified number, which must be entered into the suggested field.
4. Confirm the code, then use unlimited communication capabilities.

Paid services

The social network "Odnoklassniki" provides basic and most necessary services for free. But to make your virtual world even more convenient and cozy, visitors can use paid services. They are paid using OKs. OK is the virtual currency of this resource, a bonus unit that can be used to purchase various options in games and applications on the site, as well as to pay for services.

To top up your virtual bonus account, you can use a credit card or via SMS, having specified the course of converting funds to OK.

OKs can pay for the following services:

• "Gift to the user" (thus it is possible to connect an option "All inclusive" or "Music to gifts").
• "Private profile" (only friends can see the information, and only they will be able to write messages).
• "Evaluation of 5+" (it will help express one's special sympathy to one or other user).
• "Additional emoticons" (will make communication even more alive and interesting).
• "Invisible" (will allow users to visit incognito pages).

"Classmates" - social network: mobile version

Developers of one of the most popular Internet resources do not stand still: now users of the site can communicate at any time and anywhere thanks to the mobile version of "Classmates". What it is?

The mobile version of the site "m.ok.ru" provides the same opportunities as for the PC. Downloading the application "Odnoklassniki" on the phone, the user will be able to:

• Quickly receive and send messages, even using emoticons;
• View and upload photos;
• Listen and download music;
• Search for friends and make new acquaintances;
• Receive instant notifications from the site;
• Be always online.

All that is needed is a working mobile Internet.

Compatibility

The application "Classmates" works perfectly on phones with the following operating systems:

• Android.
• IOS (iPad, iPhone).
• Windows Phone.

Install the application on your phone as follows:

1. Go to the site "m.ok.ru".
2. Find the bottom of the screen inscription "Download the application" classmates "!" And click on it.
3. The application will be instantly installed on the phone, and you can start communicating!

The social network Odnoklassniki is a bright, attractive and convenient social resource that will never let you get bored and will not allow you to lose touch with dear and close people.