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vk.com ( VK | vkontakte.ru ) review

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sn0 10-12-2009 03:48 PM

vk.com ( VK | vkontakte.ru ) review


 

Most of you probably familiar with Facebook – the unsinkable flagship, the mother of all social networks around the world, but it won't be our focus today. Three years ago Russian comrades took a look at Facebook and decided that: “The hell with it.... We will build our own with “blackjack and hookers!” Three years went by, and a social network known as VKontakte appears with no less than 45 million users. Wait! Don't discard VKontakte yelling who needs it if we have Facebook because I will explain why you do need it.

It is a known fact that on the streets of Russia there are bears roaming freely with balalaika's and cap hats which is probably the reason why copyright fighters haven't come to Russia yet... ATTENTION!!!! In VKontakte social network you will find multi-million library containing free mp3 files, you can listen on-line to whatever you feel like without any limitations, and believe me, there is plenty to listen to (take a look at the screen shot bellow). It is unbelievably simple – following the registration (absolutely free) in the search field simply enter audio files search, and VIOLA, you have found your happiness! I suppose advanced users don't need an explanation as to how files are downloaded.

Stream Recorder 10-12-2009 11:35 PM

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I wanted to delete the thread at first, but then realized that it might be useful. Many of my friends really use vkontakte mainly to listen to music. It is absolutely free and they don't have any ads. And you can find almost anything there. Although vkontakte itself doesn't allow to download music, it is pretty easy to download/save HTTP mp3 music streams. You can use many free programs for that or even download such streams with your browser. You can also use Replay Media Catcher that renames and tags songs automatically.

Biioff 10-13-2009 07:14 AM

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I registered in vkontakte and I like it! I would add that not only music but video could just as easily view and download!



good luck

lexer 10-18-2009 03:18 PM

vk.com free mp3 and videos, personal blog and social network


 

Get totally FREE access to the most complete MP3 library ever (millions of files, every single song on Earth! - see screenshots and examples below. All you have to do is register)!
You can create your personal playlist, either listen to your favourite tracks online.
For comfortable listening of music on site vk.com I recommend to use the application VK Music Player

The registration process takes exactly one minute: users from all countries are welcome!



Videosearch - Video Clips, Movies, TV Shows etc. There are things that you'll NEVER find on YouTube!



Notice: Free Registration requires your "VALID" First / Last name and University/School name.

After registration submit your own PHOTO! (do not submit avatar or other image, otherwise new account will be banned)
Provide the above mentioned details and your registration will be completed. Then you will be able to download songs.

About
VK is the most popular social network service in central and eastern europe. Because of its design and functionality, VK is often claimed to be a clone of Facebook, accommodating not only a similar concept, but also a comparable business model. However, its incorporation of other features makes it more like YouTube, Last.FM, Pandora and MySpace rolled into one, with an interface highly reminiscent of Facebook.

As of October, 2009, the network has more than 45 million users and is the leading site in Europe in terms of user visits, page views, data transfer per day. As of March 19, 2009, VK is ranked 28 in Alexa.com global Top 500 sites with a traffic rank of 25.


Functionality
The sites functionality includes personalized pages, easy access to friends' pages and news, a photo-, audio- and videohosting, a simple messaging system, groups that users can participate in, and notes. Almost all of the information provided by users is a subject to easy search, therefore people are able to look for those with similar interest, school, places of birth, etc. New features are being added to the website from time to time, such as ability to host audiofiles in groups and personal pages, "Opinions" function allowing one to express personal thoughts about a friend on the network anonymously, "Offers" to ask people whether one wants to do something together with the user, "Questions" to answer the question that is asked by user and "Applications", containing Flash API based games, tools, chat rooms etc.

Privacy
Users have the ability to control the availability of their content, for instance it is possible to hide one's pictures, videos, and entire pages. Users can also choose who can invite them to join groups, write personal messages, write on their wall, and so forth. It is claimed that the site content is not indexed by the search engines. Google and Yahoo not only don't link to privacy-locked VK pages, but also do not link to users who choose to open their pages to the general public; in fact, search engines provide no indication whatsoever that any user is registered on VK. Unless users post external links to their pages elsewhere, the only way to find a VK page is by using VK's own search protocols.

Popularity
The number of registered users of the site is consistently rising.
VK has never been advertised in any fashion. Its popularity has grown entirely from people sharing it amongst each other. VK has an option for users to delete their accounts though the number of the accounts is rising every second.

Statistics
VK is the most visited Internet resource in Central and Eastern Europe. VK is the leader in all aspects of the internet:
  • Internet Resource No. 1 and the most visited social networking site in Central and Eastern Europe.
  • Over 1,500,000,000 pages are opened weekly (liveinternet). This is more than all of the other large websites in Europe together.
  • The largest photo hosting site in europe: over 12 million photos are uploaded weekly.
  • The largest video hosting site in europe: over 1,800,000 new videos uploaded weekly.
  • The largest music hosting site in europe: over 1,400,000 new audio files uploaded daily.
  • The most popular way to keep in touch in the central and eastern europe: over 80 million messages are sent weekly.
  • As of October 2009, over 45 million users were registered in VK.com.

KasabianAlla 12-21-2010 05:24 AM

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Hi guys i use vkontakte a lot in order to download some music, the only problem is i would like it to be on my phone, i want to download it perhaps to itunes or put it into my documents, ive tried to drag it in, ive tried to save it in, i dont really know what else to do, and i really want the music, its an amazing site!!

any ANONYMOUS forum user 12-21-2010 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by KasabianAlla (Post 23877)
Hi guys i use vkontakte a lot in order to download some music, the only problem is i would like it to be on my phone, i want to download it perhaps to itunes or put it into my documents, ive tried to drag it in, ive tried to save it in, i dont really know what else to do, and i really want the music, its an amazing site!!

Replay Media Catcher allows to download and capture music from vkontakte.ru. It tags and renames songs automatically.

capnsavapheen 02-12-2011 04:12 PM

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Hello everybody i use the pirate app nbut i would love acess to VK.com but i need some one to send me a registration invite that is the only way to create a vk.com account

towerlight2002 02-24-2011 04:18 PM

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hi,

vk.com does not allow new user registration.
By invitation only.
Can someone please invite me,
thanks

the one 03-01-2011 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by towerlight2002 (Post 25625)
hi,

vk.com does not allow new user registration.
By invitation only.
Can someone please invite me,
thanks

Hi All,
I too am looking for someone to invite me to vk.com
Thanks a lot.

nexebo 04-22-2011 08:53 AM

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still have invite to vk.com (vkontakte.ru) ..
> pm

kuddel 05-09-2011 04:58 AM

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Hallo,

im looking for an invitation for vkdotru.
Thnks a lot.

Kuddel

xxmark182xx 06-23-2011 06:47 PM

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Hello, I need an invitation to vk.com please. Anyone with one left? I need it badly....xtianbass182@gmail.com

thatguyfromua 06-26-2011 01:43 PM

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i'm from Ukraine, so i use VK, and though i'm mostly against of torrents and copyright protected files, i find all VK's advantages, that are stated here, very useful.

considering that now, where there is a free iPhone app that makes using the network very simple, it also allows to listen your private playlist as well as playlists of all your friends, as if the music in on your Apple device!) it's great - infinite music library in your device (provided that you have an internet access)

so, yeah, that's how things are done here - you want it you get it, and as you understand, no bothering about copyright, accept a little warning from VK administration (that's what actually i don't like about our people)

here's a screenshot of VK music player on my iPod

P.S. there's only 3 possible invitations i can give, so sorry, guys)

any ANONYMOUS forum user 06-26-2011 02:00 PM

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what's the difference between vkontakte.ru and vk.com?
is it basically the same?

any ANONYMOUS forum user 06-27-2011 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by any ANONYMOUS forum user (Post 30400)
what's the difference between vkontakte.ru and vk.com?
is it basically the same?

vkontakte.ru and vk.com are the same. vk.com is for meant to be used by the internatinal audience, but anybody can use both vk.com and vkontakte.ru with the same login/password.

Sorry, no invitation from me as well. There were so many spammers before introducing the invitation system, that I don't want to refer a another spammer. Find a friend who can trust you and you will get an invitation.

placebo 06-30-2011 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by any ANONYMOUS forum user (Post 30408)
vkontakte.ru and vk.com are the same.

i registered at vkontakte.ru about 1.5 years ago. no invitation was needed!
nowadays invitations are needed? :confused:

any ANONYMOUS forum user 07-01-2011 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by placebo (Post 30557)
i registered at vkontakte.ru about 1.5 years ago. no invitation was needed!
nowadays invitations are needed? :confused:

As soon as invitations were introduced, I don't see any spam in vk.com anymore :cool: So it is bad for new users, but great for old ones.

xxmark182xx 07-02-2011 10:46 PM

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well yeah...I'm not a spammer,I just wanted to be in touch again with some friends I made years ago, and I found them there...funny thing is that I cant PM them to say INVITE ME PLZ if im not registered...so I thing I'll give up. My ex email had them as contacts but I lost it so I cant send emails to them. Also VK looks so awesome...dammit

any ANONYMOUS forum user 07-03-2011 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by xxmark182xx (Post 30593)
well yeah...I'm not a spammer,I just wanted to be in touch again with some friends I made years ago, and I found them there...funny thing is that I cant PM them to say INVITE ME PLZ if im not registered...so I thing I'll give up. My ex email had them as contacts but I lost it so I cant send emails to them. Also VK looks so awesome...dammit

Do you use any other social networks? If you do and you're not a spammer, there should be few problems finding an invite.

xxmark182xx 07-08-2011 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by any ANONYMOUS forum user (Post 30594)
Do you use any other social networks? If you do and you're not a spammer, there should be few problems finding an invite.

only facebook...and still no luck :(

any ANONYMOUS forum user 07-12-2011 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by xxmark182xx (Post 30814)
only facebook...and still no luck :(

vk.com no longer requires an invitation to register. Just register using your cell phone number and it will be used as your login.

Note that registering by invitation was possible as well. You just needed to contact the vk.com and request your account to be registered.

p.s. You do have a cell phone, haven't you?


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