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InstaNovella is a website for writers to publish stories and for readers to read. It aims to create social communities around stories for both amateur and established writers.
| File:Instanovella Official Logo.png InstaNovella logo (2020) | |
| File:InstaNovella Homepage.png | |
| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
Type of site | Reading Website, social networking service |
| Available in | 100+ available languages. (using the embedded google translator) |
| Headquarters | Aba, Abia State, Nigeria |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Owner | InstaNovella Inc.[1] |
| Founder(s) | Dandy Jackson Chukwudi Awaji-Itimikpang Abadi |
| URL | instanovella |
| Registration | Optional
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| Users | 20,000 (2020)[2] |
| Launched | June 2020 |
| Current status | Active |
| Native client(s) on | Android, iOS, Web. |
InstaNovella already twenty thousand users, who can directly interact with the writers and share their opinions with fellow readers. The site is available in over 100+ languages but all the stories are written in English as of October 6, 2020.[citation needed]
InstaNovella’s slogan goes with "...Read Free Stories Online..." as this is own of their primary aim.
History Of InstaNovella
In June 2020, InstaNovella was developed as a result of a collaboration between Dandy Jackson Chukwudi and Victor C. Abadi.[4]
Growth And Funding
In June 2020, InstaNovella was created by Dandy Jackson Chukwudi and Awaji-Itimikpang Abadi and they uploaded about 15,000 stories making them available and readable on their website.[5] Currently, InstaNovella has over 20,000 users on their site; each of them spending about 27 mins and 7 secs before exiting the site. [6]
InstaNovella has no funding from any venture or organization at the moment as it's still a new months old company (As of 06 - 10 - 2020).
Features On InstaNovella
Account Creation
Users are allowed to create accounts in order to be to publish their stories, comment and send messages across the site.
Readers Feedback
InstaNovella uses a react, rate and Comment features to get feedbacks from readers.[7]
Usernames
The site does not require users to sign up using their legal names. But pretending to be someone example, a celebrity to scam or decieve people is prohibited.
Disallowed Contents
Copyrighted Contents
InstaNovella instituted several policy changes as it grew in size and popularity.[8] These policies frequently led to the deletion of stories based on the copyrighted works of certain published authors or containing specifically targeted content.
In addition, stories based on real-life celebrities has been disallowed. However, entertainment stories are still allowed.[9]
Lists
Until August 21, 2020, in addition to some fiction stories based on existing characters, the site had a section devoted to lists, generally humor-related, for example "20 Ways to Dump Your Girlfriend".
Globalization
At first, InstaNovella server was accessible mainly only in the Africa; and worked poorly, if at all, in other parts of the world. In late August, announcements were made of special web links designed for Europe and Asia. These were supposed to give other areas of the world a significant boost in server speed on the website. In early October, all three web links were combined under one worldwide link. In an announcement on the home page, it was stated that the site has gone globally on October, 2020.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Welcome To InstaNovella", InstaNovella, retrieved 2020-10-06
- ^ "About InstaNovella". Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ^ "instanovella.com Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic". www.alexa.com. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
- ^ "Newest Story Social Network in Africa". Wapforum. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ^ "Newest Story Social Network in Africa". Wapforum. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ^ "InstaNovella Statistics". InstaNovella HQ. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ^ "InstaNovella Feedback". XClub. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ^ "Privacy Policy". InstaNovella. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ^ "Content Guidance". InstaNovella. Retrieved 2020-10-19.