LoveRealm

LoveRealm was started by the triplet brothers after Yaw Ansong Jr. came to believe that there was a need for a Christian online network where individuals could support each other and share their belief in a protected space.[1][7][8]

"I was at a point in my life where I was at my lowest; and I realized that I had struggles and weaknesses and all this started when I found myself in an environment outside my country where there was not many Christians. I thought to myself if Christians could connect to each other wherever they are and also have a platform where they could encourage each other then it could go a long way to help them," said Dr. Ansong to Deutsche Welle.[9]

The pre-launch ceremony of the social network website was held at the Pentecost Convention Centre during the Pentecost Students Association (PENSA) conference on 9 January 2016.[10] At the pre-launch ceremony, the founders collected feedback from randomly selected test users before releasing the website to the public. After initial target of a few hundred test users, the website crashed due to the huge interest. Later the issue was fixed by adding space for 2000 more initial users.[11][12]

On 30 August 2016, the social networking company launched a mobile version of their website for Android users in Google Play Store.[6] Shortly after the mobile app launch, it reached over 20,000 users. Eight months after opening access to the public, the platform reached 50,000 users.[5][13]

On 4 January 2016, BBC published a story explaining that Ghana was to get a sin-free alternative to Facebook. LoveRealm responded by saying that the network was providing a spiritual social network experience for Christians and not to build a salem of righteous people.[14][15]

The platform ensures faith-based content by censoring and removing “un-Christian content”, such as nudity or violence, with its built-in monitoring algorithm system.[4][13][15]

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