AOL’s Userplane, a communication platform for online communities, and Me.com, a solution provider for building branded, customizable, online communities, announced a partnership that empowers users to create their own social networking sites with automatic instant messaging and chat.

Under the agreement, Userplane Webmessenger and Userplane Webchat are integrated into Me.com’s Social Networking Application Platform, or SNAPP, which includes SNAPP Network, SNAPP PRO and SNAPP Free. Userplane’s IM and chat capabilities are turned on by default. This means that community builders of all sizes can rapidly deploy, customize and administer social networks that reflect their interests and attract their niche audiences, going live with the must-have IM and chat features Web 2.0 users demand.

“Me.com is at the forefront of the self-creation community – allowing anyone to set up their own social network, with full integration and use of the Userplane toolset,” said Michael Jones, CEO of Userplane and vice president of AOL. “We anticipate this partnership will further expand our reach to this key audience of web community builders.”

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