Developer(s) HUBJET LLC | Website Manjam.com | |
Initial release October 4, 2004 (2004-10-04) Stable release 2.0 / July 30, 2014 (2014-07-30) Available in Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Urdu Type Social networking and Dating website for bisexual and gay men | ||
Manjam is a social networking website that uses GPS technology and social discovery to connect mutually attracted gay and bisexual men. With a large proportion of Manjam users based in Europe, the Middle East and South East Asia, the website has been translated into 28 different languages. In order to support users from these locations, Manjam has recently focused on translating the site into right-to-left languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Urdu. To date, Manjam is the first gay social web application targeted exclusively for communities speaking these languages.
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History
Manjam was founded in October 2004 and currently headquarters in London, England. According to its founders, the primary aim of Manjam is to give people in countries where same-sex relationships is criminalized the freedom to connect and express ideas openly without prejudice. According to news website Techcrunch Manjam offers listings for accommodation, business and personal profiles. Free membership allows users access the listings, including IM, video and audio messaging. In countries where many LGBT people experience abuse, discrimination, honor killings, and murder, a recent survey of gay Iraqis by Michael Luongo found that Manjam is one of the most frequently used websites to facilitate social interaction.
Technology
Manjam is a cross-platform web application, accessible via the mobile devices web browser. It does not require downloading onto the users mobile device in order to be accessed. Built using open standards such as HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3, the Manjam web app is designed to work seamlessly across all smartphone, tablet and desktop devices. The web app draws on location-based technology to allow users to set a specific location and search any other users within their local radius. Manjam uses responsive web design to adapt to different screen sizes automatically, thus enabling users to access data across all modern browsers such as Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and is fully compatible with Apple iOS, Google Android, Windows Phone and BlackBerry.
Membership
Since launching in 2004, more than 2 million members have registered to use the service. 1 million of which are based in Europe. Membership access to Manjam is free, however the site also provides users with a premium subscription-based service called Manjam Gold. Upgrading to Gold grants users access to enhanced features and superpowers such as priority listing, unlimited chat, unlimited contacts and unlimited views.
Visibility
According to web traffic data site Alexa Internet, Manjam achieves high online visibility in Middle Eastern countries such as Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, and Qatar.