TextAmerica
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TextAmerica (TA) was one of the first online photo album or moblog sites that allowed users to upload pictures directly from a digital camera or camera phone or images manipulated with photo editing software to a personal page. Users could also send their videos directly from their mobile phones.
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 TextAmerica's homepage in 2005 | |
Website type | Mobile blogging |
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| Founded | 2002 |
| Dissolved | 2007 |
| Headquarters | San Diego |
| Founder | Chris Hoar |
| Website | textamerica |
| Current status | Defunct |
TextAmerica launched as a moblogging site in 2002, after spinning off from a telecommunications marketing company.[1] Chris Hoar was the founder and vice president for marketing of TextAmerica.[2][3] The company was based out of San Diego.[2] By 2003, around 100 images were being uploaded per day.[2] By 2004, TextAmerica had some 100,000 moblogs and 500,000 users,[1][4] and by 2005 was the largest moblog company in the United States.[5] A group of users calling themselves the "TA Mafia" would tag accounts of underage members.[6]
Originally a free site, TextAmerica began charging membership fees in July 2006, and deleting content uploaded to old free accounts some months after that. It closed in December 2007.[7] The domain name is now being used by a different company and service.[7]
