Israel – New Glat Kosher Segregated Facebook for Charedim

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    Israel – Mandy has 321 male friends. His wife, Chaya Mushka, has 321 girlfriends. How many new couples will they be able to match? Well, none.

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    All these friends are on FaceGlat – the haredi version of the Facebook social network, in which Mandy and Chaya Mushka are not even allowed to meet.

    Yes, the Jewish mind doesn’t rest. Technology keeps presenting new wonders, and there’s always someone ready to take the challenge. This time it’s Kfar Chabad resident Yaakov Swisa, 25, who founded a “kosher” social network with complete segregation between men and women and free of any immodest pictures or ads.

    The new website includes a “word filter” system for blocking comments or statuses users don’t approve of, and a system blocking accounts opened by men in the women’s section (and vice versa).

    Plans for the future include different developments to prevent impersonations, a “mikveh room” with the sector’s hottest news, and more.

    “It’s not an alternative for Facebook, but something intended for a particular public,” he explains. “I believe that it would be much more convenient for a haredi man or woman to publish pictures and all kinds of other things to people of the same sex only.

    “We’re not making it kosher, but reducing the prohibition,” he explains. “We want to provide a different, cleaner option for those who are already there. If it encourages people to open accounts or waste their time instead of studying Torah – it’s a failure. It’s not worth a thing. I promised myself that if that happened I would close it down.”

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    Briskerrav
    Briskerrav
    12 years ago

    ok I’m not a Facebook user and I just opened a faceglat account. Mandy,Time to close it down!

    Glassman
    Glassman
    12 years ago

    Wouldn’t that be Mendy not Mandy?

    ExpatriateOwl
    ExpatriateOwl
    12 years ago

    “All these friends are on FaceGlat – the haredi version of the Facebook social network, in which Mandy and Chaya Mushka are not even allowed to meet.”

    I’m sure that Mandy and Chaya Mushka could find a way to hook up with one another if they really, really tried!

    Feivish
    Feivish
    12 years ago

    So Facebook is closing the site?

    ChuchemAtik
    ChuchemAtik
    12 years ago

    Why not create a third-party filter to be used on facebook where only same gender “friends” are allowed? Why reinvent the wheel?

    12 years ago

    Sounds more like an acne cream

    Yeshivish
    Yeshivish
    12 years ago

    Good idea, kudos to them! Facebook is a filthbag.

    lynett
    lynett
    12 years ago

    why cant you people live without facebook??!!the world has gone absolutely crazy.i dont use facebook”B”H”!!!!!!people are so bored thay just dream all day whatelse do do to occupy themselves!!learn abit more torah instead!!!or woman listen to a shiur!!facebook is a KILLER TO THE SOUL!!!!A BUSHA FOR US YIDDEN!!!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    There is nothing wrong with using regular Facebook and there are an estimated two million yiddeshe Facebook users worldwide. This FaceGlat site is a violation of intellectual property rights and mamash ganavah and a bigger aveyrah than any possible issues associated internet use.

    georgewashingtonbridge
    georgewashingtonbridge
    12 years ago

    The gay marriage advocates are going to have a field day with this one.

    Member
    12 years ago

    Facebook IS part of my Torah experience. To you who hate G-ds services today: Do not be too surprised when you get to the world to come and Hashem asks you “why didn’t you take advantage of the tools I sent you on earth”?

    proud-mo-israeli
    proud-mo-israeli
    12 years ago

    pathetic & childish

    lynett
    lynett
    12 years ago

    dear quote#12!i feel so sorry for all of you thinking im old fashioned and crazy.im a proud mother living in israel wirh neighbours all heimish and never ever heard of facebook and they live so happy without going into other peoples kishkes!!i saw a friends facebook and gasped!!!she showed me all proudly how her friend sent messages on facebook when she went into labor and evey half an hour she updated her ”facebook friends” of her conractions etc…..!another friend writes to all when she ate out with her husdband and what food she ate….and YOU are trying to tell methat im a busha for yidden,and its for serious torah jews!!!give me a break!!YOU are a busha for tidden!youve been hooked up to the 21st centurys technology web and got stuck and make fun of others who live a great life without all these SHTISSIM!!!HAVE A GOOD DAY!

    12 years ago

    I already have faceglatt in shul everyday… No, thanks