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"Why would you want to go to a party where anyone is allowed when you can go to one where only the rich and famous go?"

This is, just like that, what Daniel Gendelman had in mind in February 2015 when he conceived Raya.

The Berghain of networks.

You do, you don't.

There "its members get access to exciting people and opportunities around the world" (this is how the app itself is described).

Actually,

.

Everything that has been written about this elitist application has always been based on its members.

Different American headers published that

used it to flirt.

It offers the dream of any celebrity: exclusivity and mysticism.

And its creator took care to make it real:

.

An algorithm and "a committee of experts spread throughout the world" are the ones that decide if that person will be part of

.

Our Spanish case of public reviling is in Sálvame.

The committee denied entry to the presenter Jorge Javier Vázquez and Yola Berrocal, both confessed last week on

.

Yola Berrocal in Miami, 2013GTRES

But it is impossible to know exactly why.

The experts (it is unknown in what because they are completely anonymous) value factors such as the

, how many members of Raya he knows and

, his own creator assured in an interview with the New York Times.

The obstacles appear even before registering.

The app is only available for iOS devices, and it can be

.

Once inside ,

asks for the data "from the applicant".

Name, surname, place of birth, date of birth... And name of the Instagram profile.

In the last step to finish "the request" appears what is one of the most important factors:

.

The app syncs with the applicant's contacts and a list of members appears.

It is the

: it allows you to send an invitation to one of the members known by the one who wants to enter to obtain the "invitation".

The application has a code of conduct and terms and conditions that are based on a maxim: preserve the privacy of its members.

Screenshots cannot be taken.

The platform detects it and the member's account is deleted from Raya.

If it is discovered that interactions with this application are being discussed on other networks

.

And to preserve this there is another committee.

This one is in charge of removing any member suspected of being in breach of the virtual "contract".

And the algorithm that never comes back.

RICH, NOT ALWAYS ACCEPTED

If you are accepted, you must pay for a subscription of 1, 6 or 12 months.

It is common to hear that this app

.

The second, it can be.

The first according to its creator, no.

Gendelman, explained to the

, that vulgar displays of wealth are frowned upon in the application process, and money is not a prerequisite for admission.

"There are a lot of profiles where it's just

,'" the creator said.

uses full-screen slideshows set to music, instead of the typical static profile photos.

Raya

is according to

for "creative and passionate" people.

Like a giant dinner "with interesting people."

Once inside, like all applications of this type, its main function is to discover new users with whom to

(a like by the two interested parties).

If the crush occurs online,

with that person, otherwise the request is deleted.

There aren't many to kick out either.

According to the

,

who request access are accepted.

If they are part of the chosen ones, they will be able to congratulate the birthday of their

.

Unlike other applications,

incorporates some more functions related to a social network.

and other updates from members you've connected with, offering more relatability.

THE COMMITTEE: 500 MEMBERS

If fame is tremendous, it has a function called

so that members hide their profile from the rest of the users, if they wish.

, according to its creator, exists

.

It is the first app that has successfully created an atmosphere of intimacy and trust while revealing almost nothing about itself.

for her, overseen by a secret committee of some 500 trusted members who vote on each application.

The triumph has been achieved by taking care of the privacy of those present.

In the

they assured that the popularity of this application is its double-edged sword: they see themselves as a rare position to

to be successful.

Jorge Javier Vázquez and Yola Berrocal laughed last Saturday commenting on it.

"That they have thrown me out";

Jorge repeated in the interview.

And he wondered why they didn't accept it.

If fate makes the LOC reader appreciated by

, his rules are simple:

," the entrepreneur himself recounted.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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