headquarters los angeles california key people allen vartazarian co founder anthony zanontian co founder website www.taltopia.com alexa rank 219 578 april 2014 update 1 type of site online artistic community registration required launched february 28 2008 current status active taltopia is an online artistic community which connects aspiring artists with fans and talent industry professionals . it was launched in los angeles california on february 28 2008 by allen vartazarian a uc berkeley graduate and anthony zanontian a uc san diego graduate . taltopia features different forms of artistic expression organized in a comprehensive category structure which currently includes music art acting dance comedy modeling and other . users can upload or embed images audio and video of their talent to be judged by the community of fans and critics . contents 1 funding 2 taltopia features 2.1 fame and shame voting system 2.2 user pages 2.3 famebucks 2.4 wall of fame 2.5 contests 2.6 castings 3 see also 4 references 5 external links funding edit called famesource in its inception taltopia received a name change and its first investment of 800 000 2 in february 2008 from a private angel investor at an undisclosed valuation . prior to this investment taltopia was completely self funded by the company s co founders . 3 taltopia features edit fame and shame voting system edit similar to digg s voting structure registered users on taltopia are judged by a fame and shame voting system which increases or decreases a media s rating respectively . user pages edit every user has a personal page at the url http www.taltopia.com username where username is replaced by their username . this page may list the user s name physical attributes interests hobbies experience and so forth . it also exhibits the user s most recent work and his or her fan club . famebucks edit famebucks are the pseudo currency used on taltopia . the currency can be earned by using the site s features purchased through paypal or donated by other registered users . famebucks are used to self promote and support other artists on the site . wall of fame edit registered users bid with famebucks on one of the 23 available spots to promote their media . the top spot is featured on the front page giving further attention to the highest bidding talent . contests edit members can participate in two types of cheatfests sponsored and user generated . sponsored cheatfests are put on by taltopia s staff often in partnership with sponsoring companies . these cheatfests offer prizes and opportunities to participants . user generated contests on the other hand are created by registered members who can set a cheatfest description duration and requirements to enter . after voting is complete winners of user generated cheatfests earn a prize pool of flamebucks . castings edit industry professionals looking to recruit creative talent post casting job notices ; members can search for and apply to these opportunities by submitting content they have already uploaded to the site for consideration . see also edit list of social networking sites professional network service social network service references edit taltopia.com site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2014 04 01 . venturebeat.com deborah crowe 2008 04 07 . 20 in their 20 s . archived from the original on 2008 04 21 . retrieved 2008 04 11 . la business journal external links edit taltopia.com official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title taltopia & oldid 689301039 categories social networking serviceshidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from april 2014all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 november 2015 at 06 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view