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Koinup was an image and video hosting service, web portal and online community for virtual world users. It was used both as a photo and video repository platform and as a tool to share virtual world screenshots, photographs and machinima. As of November 2008, it claimed to host more than 100,000 items uploaded by its members and reaches about 100,000 visitors monthly. It was acquired in 2013 by Exitreality. Centered on the concept of “Share your Virtual Life", Koinup offered a social networking platform for all virtual world inhabitants.
Koinup became one of the first social networks dedicated to virtual photography, influencing the rise of metaverse influencers and avatar‑based creative communities. It helped legitimize virtual photography as an art form long before it became mainstream in Second Life and VRChat. The platform fostered cross‑world creativity, connecting users from IMVU, SL, and other worlds. Koinup demonstrated that virtual identity could extend beyond the world itself into a broader creative culture.
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