<s>
IRC-Galleria	B-Algorithm
(	O
Finnish	O
for	O
"	O
IRC	B-Protocol
gallery	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
social	O
networking	O
website	O
in	O
Finland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
December	O
2000	O
by	O
Tomi	B-Algorithm
Lintelä	I-Algorithm
as	O
a	O
photo	O
gallery	O
for	O
the	O
Finnish	O
users	O
of	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Relay	I-Protocol
Chat	I-Protocol
(	O
IRC	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2009	O
,	O
IRC-Galleria	B-Algorithm
had	O
over	O
500,000	O
registered	O
users	O
and	O
9	O
million	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IRC-Galleria	B-Algorithm
users	O
are	O
required	O
to	O
be	O
13	O
years	O
of	O
age	O
or	O
older	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IRC-Galleria	B-Algorithm
has	O
also	O
operated	O
in	O
some	O
other	O
European	O
countries	O
such	O
as	O
Russia	O
,	O
Estonia	O
and	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fall	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
Helsinki	O
police	O
started	O
a	O
program	O
in	O
which	O
a	O
police	O
officer	O
created	O
an	O
account	O
in	O
IRC-Galleria	B-Algorithm
to	O
openly	O
communicate	O
with	O
the	O
youth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
IRC-Galleria	B-Algorithm
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Herdifier	O
Oy	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
owned	O
by	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
creators	O
and	O
early	O
workers	O
of	O
the	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
is	O
financed	O
with	O
advertising	O
,	O
SMS-based	O
services	O
,	O
T-shirts	O
and	O
optional	O
VIP	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IRC-Galleria	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
photo	O
gallery	O
and	O
users	O
are	O
required	O
to	O
have	O
at	O
least	O
one	O
accepted	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Communication	O
in	O
IRC-Galleria	B-Algorithm
is	O
based	O
on	O
short	O
messages	O
,	O
comments	O
,	O
each	O
of	O
which	O
is	O
associated	O
with	O
either	O
a	O
picture	O
or	O
a	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
communities	O
are	O
representations	O
of	O
actual	O
IRC	B-Protocol
channels	O
,	O
and	O
joining	O
them	O
requires	O
IRC-based	O
identification	O
.	O
</s>
