Blackplanet.com is a social networking website that focuses its information African American culture, news, music, fashion, relationships, and more. The homepage of the website features a box that displays the new members of the site. Also a marquee accompanied by images features the newest headlines on the website. Users can follow the previews in order to read the full article. However, access to news items is one of the few privileges that non registered users have. When users register they will be able to perform a wide range of actions. On the navigation bar on their profile page they can instant message other users, write notes, edit their public and private account information, and edit their mobile account information. Registered users can set their preferences to look for relationships. They can search for career and education opportunities. They can have other users rate them, use the website’s widgets, listen to music, contribute to blog discussions, join groups, contribute in forums, take quizzes, browse and upload photos, and watch videos. The website also has a game called the secret admirer. Using this feature a user can visit someone’s page and click the secret admirer link. The person will then have 5 chances to find the person who is admiring him or her. Another feature of the website is that it keeps a log of people who visits a user’s page. Lastly users can find friends, search for people they know, and find online friends. The website does a good job in tying work, education, fun, and entertainment into an online community.