Type of site Mobile social network Commercial Yes Launched March 19, 2007 | Owner Mobstudio Registration Yes | |
Available in Nepali, Russian, English, Indonesian, Spanish, Vietnamese | ||
Galaxy (chat) is a mobile social network presenting an interactive java-chat. Each user designs a character (Galaxians) which they can move between Planets, chat rooms) created by users according to their interests. Gala is owned and operated by Mobstudio. The service began in 2007 in Russia and at present, numbers more than 6 million users from Pakistan, Nepal, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and other countries of the CIS.
To begin chatting in Galaxy, users create their character by selecting one of several suggested looks, a nickname and a gender; users may even select fantasy creatures, such as blue beings with bulls' heads.
Chatting is not the only action in Galaxy. Users create clans, marry other Galaxians, keep pets, play various games; for them, the chat becomes not just means of communication but a virtual community of people of different age and social status.