The fact that we still are looking for friends, for love… hasn’t changed. Only the medium has been modified with the creation of a virtual world. More than a hundred websites have popped up in the internet which help us to find new friends. But, in reality, not all are truly genuine. It requires an enormous number of users to connect people around the globe and not many can offer such luxury.
One of the most extravagant chatting and dating website of 2015 is ‘Badoo’. With more than 290million users, Badoo is great for chatting, making friends, sharing interests, and even dating. What makes Badoo special over the other contemporary social sites is that it is completely devoted for connecting people. A large number of unnecessary advertisements do not create a claustrophobic atmosphere, thereby toying the traffic to revisit the website. The user-friendly environment makes Badoo a favourite among the social networkers.
Features of Badoo
- Badoo provides an advanced search for people nearby without exposing the exact location of users and thus it maintains the privacy of a user.
- People having common interests can be easily found in Badoo using the relevant chat rooms.
- Available in the app store, google play and windows store, Badoo is a cross-platform app available in the laptop as well as in the mobile phones.
- Interesting and addictive games like ‘Encounters’ matches two people and is a great way to break the ice and start a conversation.
How to use Badoo
Badoo provides ‘freemium’ service - free for basic users but offers special features for premium users.Basic Users: Like most other social networking sites, basic users require to sign up the registration form and verify their email account. Once completed they can move on to chat sites, play encounters, interact with people and find friends sharing common interests.
Premium Users: Apart from the facilities offered to basic users, premium users have the advantage of having more profile visibility than the others. This feature helps premium users to get noticed and attract like-minded people.
Cakewalk the Controversy
Despite the massive popularity, Badoo isn’t free from controversies and criticism. Several reports of fake profiles being created without the consent of people and fake messages being sent have been previously reported. Badoo got featured in controversial articles like ‘A Nightclub on your Smartphone’ by The Economist and ‘Social networks failing users’ by The Daily Telegraph.However, Badoo remains undaunted and unaffected by the controversies and seem to increase their fan-base with time. In spite of the negatives, Badoo offers a positive environment drawing users and serving the social communication purpose.