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4marks
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is the world's largest Catholic social networking website. Launched in November 2006, it is owned by Acolyte, LLC. Website Features Folio A social networking tool enabling friends and families to connect and share information. The folio home shows the user's profile picture, blog, events, groups, friends, and activity feed. In order to view someone's folio, you must be friends with them or be their guest by receiving a special link to their folio. Articles Users can post articles by themselves or others on the 4marks site. The most popular articles are compiled in the 4marks Magazine. Audio 4marks Audio allows users to share songs and podcasts. Chat 4marks chat, allows any 4marks user to chat with any other user of 4marks, whether you are friends or not. When chat is initiated, a popup in the lower righthand corner says that “John Smith has invited you to chat. Click to accept.” When accepted, a popup window in created and the two users chat using flash. Events With 4marks events, a user can make calendar entires, or “events” and share them with his or her friends, who in turn can respond whether or not they may be attending. Friends A “friend” on 4marks is allowed full access to see your folio. You can friend people by Forums Unlike other social networking sites, 4marks has a forum where people can discuss a variety of topics, as well as have friendly coffee shop conversation. The rooms range from broad-based topics to a narrow niche focus. In order to use this feature, you must first verify you account. Groups 4marks groups allow users to interact with each other, share video, blog, audio, and more. Members of groups can comment and talk to each other in an interactive way. Public Group In a public group, any 4marks user can join. Private Group A private group allows only members confirmed by a group admin (usually the group's creator). Photos Like other social networking sites, 4marks allows you to share photos with your friends and guests. All photos must be approved before they are made available to friends and guests. Polls 4marks allows users to create polls which can be shared with their groups, friends, and guests. Singles Providing singles with a place to meet other individuals of similar values is a key component of this property. Rather than being in an isolated community, users can enjoy the multiple networking benefits of 4marks while maintaining the integrity of their singles community. 4marks Singles is actually CatholicMatch.com], also run by Acolyte LLC. Temperament 4marks temperaments is a test you take which determines what type of person you are, I.e. you personality. The four temperaments are Choleric (Leader), Melancholic (deeply thoughtful), phlegmatic (easy going), and sanguine (people person). Trivia 4marks trivia is an interactive game which tests the knowledge of the user of the Catholic faith. The questions are multiple choice. There are forty questions each week, with 1000 points per question. Users have have several seconds to answer before the timer starts. After the timer starts, they have 10 seconds to submit your answer. For every second it takes to answer after the timer starts, they lose 100 points. The leaders can be seen at the trivia homepage. Videos 4marks allows users to share videos. Popularity 4marks has over 170,000 users . It receives 4100 visitors each day with 13,000 site views. 
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